Unified dark energy and dark matter from a scalar field different from quintessence
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012 (China)
- Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH (United Kingdom)
We explore unification of dark matter and dark energy in a theory containing a scalar field of non-Lagrangian type, obtained by direct insertion of a kinetic term into the energy-momentum tensor. This scalar is different from quintessence, having an equation of state between -1 and 0 and a zero sound speed in its rest frame. We solve the equations of motion for an exponential potential via a rewriting as an autonomous system, and demonstrate the observational viability of the scenario, for sufficiently small exponential potential parameter {lambda}, by comparison to a compilation of kinematical cosmological data.
- OSTI ID:
- 21409274
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 81, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.043520; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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