DE equation of state parameter

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Homework Statement

Plot $\Delta w$ as a function of spectroscopic redshift for some given biases between spectroscopic and photometric redshifts.

Homework Equations

$\Delta w = \frac{\partial D_{A}}{\partial z}\frac{\partial w}{\partial D_{A}} \Delta b$

$D_{A} = \frac{c}{H_0} \cdot \frac{1}{(1+z)} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{\Omega_m (1+z) + \Omega_{\Lambda}}}$

The Attempt at a Solution

I've got the bias curves ready to plug in so I can plot some w stuff here, but I don't know how to relate $$\Omega_{\Lambda}$$ to $$w$$. Can anyone help?

 

[Jhero]

Sure, I can help you with that! To relate \Omega_{\Lambda} to w, we need to use the equation of state for dark energy, which is w = \frac{p}{\rho}. Here, p is the pressure and \rho is the energy density of dark energy. We can also express \Omega_{\Lambda} in terms of the critical density, \rho_c, as \Omega_{\Lambda} = \frac{\rho_{\Lambda}}{\rho_c}. So, we can rewrite the equation of state as w = \frac{p}{\rho} = \frac{\rho_{\Lambda}}{\rho_c \cdot \rho_{\Lambda}} = \frac{\Omega_{\Lambda}}{\rho_c}. Now, we can substitute this into the equation for D_{A} and we get:

D_{A} = \frac{c}{H_0} \cdot \frac{1}{(1+z)} \cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{\Omega_m (1+z) + \frac{\Omega_{\Lambda}}{\rho_c}}}

Now, we can see that \Omega_{\Lambda} and w are related through the critical density, \rho_c. So, to plot \Delta w as a function of spectroscopic redshift, we can vary the value of \Omega_{\Lambda} and see how it affects the value of w. This will give us a sense of how different biases between spectroscopic and photometric redshifts can impact the value of w. I hope this helps!