Observational constraints on the dark energy density evolution

Abstract

We constrain the evolution of the dark energy density from Cosmic Microwave Background, Large Scale Structure and Supernovae Ia measurements. While Supernovae Ia are most sensitive to the equation of state $w_0$ of dark energy today, the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure data best constrains the dark energy evolution at earlier times. For the parametrization used in our models, we find $w_0 < -0.8$ and the dark energy fraction at very high redshift $\Omega_{early} < 0.03$ at 95 per cent confidence level.