Eur. Phys. J. C (2013) 73: 2451
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2451-5

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Cosmological tests on Visser’s massive graviton dark matter cosmology

¹ Department of Physics, Hubei University for Nationalities, Enshi, 445000, Hubei, China
² School of Science, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Nanan, 400074, China

^* e-mail: xianmingliu@mail.bnu.edu.cn

Received: 7 March 2013
Published online: 5 June 2013

Abstract

We present the constraints on the Massive Graviton Dark Matter scenario (MGCDM) using the cosmological observations, including type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB), Observational Hubble Parameter Data (OHD), Cosmic Microwave Background shift parameter, and the Radial Baryon Acoustic Oscillation. In order to compare the goodness of the data samples and their combinations, we adopt the Fisher matrix analysis and the figure of merit (FoM) diagnostic. Based on the constraint results, we further discuss the cosmic age problem in MGCDM. The calculation shows that the universe in MGCDM frame is older than that in standard ΛCDM model, but the cosmic age crisis is still unresolved with just an alleviation.