Constraints on the Ricci dark energy cosmologies in Bianchi type I model

Abstract

The impact of anisotropy on the Ricci dark energy cosmologies is investigated where it is assumed that the geometry of the universe is described by Bianchi type I (BI) metric. The main goal is to determine the astrophysical constraints on the model by using the current available data as type Ia supernovae (SNIa), the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO), and the Hubble parameter [Formula: see text] data. In this regard, a maximum likelihood method is applied to constrain the cosmological parameters. Combining the data, it is found out that the allowed range for the density parameter of the model stands in [Formula: see text]. With the help of the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) sample, we estimate the possible dipole anisotropy of the Ricci dark energy model. Then, by using a standard [Formula: see text] minimization method, it is realized that the transition epoch from early decelerated to current accelerated expansion occurs faster in Ricci dark energy model than [Formula: see text]CDM model. The results indicate that the BI model for the Ricci dark energy is consistent with the observational data.