文摘
Observations indicate that most of the universal matter is invisible and the gravitational constant G(t) maybe depends on time. A theory of the variational G (VG) is explored in this paper, naturally producing the useful dark components in the universe. We utilize the following observational data: lookback time data, model-independent gamma ray bursts, growth function of matter linear perturbations, type Ia supernovae data with systematic errors, CMB, and BAO, to restrict the unified model (UM) of dark components in VG theory. Using the best-fit values of the parameters with the covariance matrix, constraints on the variation of G are \(\left( \frac{G}{G_{0}}\right) _{z=3.5}\simeq 1.0015^{+0.0071}_{-0.0075}\) and \(\left( \frac{\dot{G}}{G}\right) _{\mathrm{today}}\simeq -0.7252^{+2.3645}_{-2.3645}\times 10^{-13}~\mathrm{year}^{-1}\), with small uncertainties around the constants. The limit on the equation of state of dark matter is \(w_{0\mathrm{dm}}=0.0072^{+0.0170}_{-0.0170}\), assuming \(w_{0\mathrm{de}}=-1\) in the unified model, and the dark energy is \(w_{0de}=-0.9986^{+0.0011}_{-0.0011}\), assuming \(w_{0\mathrm{dm}}=0\) a priori. The restrictions on the UM parameters are \(B_{s}=0.7442^{+0.0137+0.0262}_{-0.0132-0.0292}\) and \(\alpha =0.0002^{+0.0206+0.0441}_{-0.0209-0.0422}\) with \(1\sigma \) and \(2\sigma \) confidence level. In addition, the effects of a cosmic string fluid on the unified model in VG theory are investigated. In this case it is found that the \(\Lambda \)CDM (\(\Omega _{s}=0\), \(\beta =0\), and \(\alpha =0\)) is included in this VG-UM model at \(1\sigma \) confidence level, and larger errors are given: \(\Omega _{s}=-0.0106^{+0.0312+0.0582}_{-0.0305-0.0509}\) (dimensionless energy density of cosmic string), \(\left( \frac{G}{G_{0}}\right) _{z=3.5}\simeq 1.0008^{+0.0620}_{-0.0584}\), and \(\left( \frac{\dot{G}}{G}\right) _{\mathrm{today}}\simeq -0.3496^{+26.3135}_{-26.3135}\times 10^{-13}~\mathrm{year}^{-1}\).