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Determination of the equation of the state of the Universe using ~ 0.1 Hz Gravitational Wave Detectors

Ryuichi Takahashi, Takashi Nakamura

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0408547

Abstract

We show that ten(one) years operation of the ultimate DECIGO (DECihertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory) can determine the cosmic equation of the state with such accuracy that 0.06%(3%), 0.08%(4%) and 0.06%(3%) for Ωm, Ωw and w, respectively. In more realistic case of practical DECIGO or BBO (Big Bang Observer), w will be determined within 10% by ten years observation assuming the flat universe model. Hence, the DECIGO or BBO will give an independent determination of the cosmic equation of the state.

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