Publication: Cosmic transparency and acceleration
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In this paper, by considering an absorption probability independent of photon wavelength, we show that current type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) and gamma-ray burst (GRB) observations plus high-redshift measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation temperature support cosmic acceleration regardless of the transparent-universe assumption. Two flat scenarios are considered in our analyses: The ΛCDM model and a kinematic model. We consider τ(z)=2ln(1+z)Ïμ, where τ(z) denotes the opacity between an observer at z=0 and a source at z. This choice is equivalent to deforming the cosmic distance duality relation as DLDA-1=(1+z)2+Ïμ and, if the absorption probability is independent of photon wavelength, the CMB temperature evolution law is TCMB(z)=T0(1+z)1+2Ïμ/3. By marginalizing on the Ïμ parameter, our analyses rule out a decelerating universe at 99.99% C.L. for all scenarios considered. Interestingly, by considering only SNe Ia and GRBs observations, we obtain that a decelerated universe-indicated by ΩΛ≤0.33 and q0>0-is ruled out around 1.5σ C.L. and 2σ C.L., respectively, regardless of the transparent-universe assumption.
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Physical Review D, v. 97, n. 2, 2018.
