By using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation, we investigate cosmological constraints on the ghost dark energy (GDE) model in the framework of the Brans-Dicke (BD) theory. A combination of the latest observational data of the cosmic microwave background radiation data from seven-year WMAP, the baryon acoustic oscillation data form the SDSS, the supernovae type Ia data from the Union2 and the X-ray gas mass fraction data from the Chandra X-ray observations of the largest relaxed galaxy clusters are used to perform constraints on GDE in the BD cosmology. In this paper, we consider both flat and non-flat universes together with interaction between dark matter and dark energy. The main cosmological parameters are obtained as: $\Omega_{ \rm b}h^2= 0.0223^{ +0.0016}_{ -0.0013}$, $\Omega_{ \rm c}h^2=0.1149^{ +0.0088}_{ -0.0104}$ and $\Omega_{ \rm k}=0.0005^{ +0.0025}_{ -0.0073}$. In addition, the Brans-Dicke parameter $\omega$ is estimated as $1/\omega\simeq 0.002$.

Categories: astro-ph.CO

Cosmological Constraints on Ghost Dark Energy in the Brans-Dicke Theory by Using MCMC Approach