DYNAMICS OF DARK ENERGY

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 1753-1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDMUND J. COPELAND ◽  
M. SAMI ◽  
SHINJI TSUJIKAWA
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Accelerating Universe ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe

We review in detail a number of approaches that have been adopted to try and explain the remarkable observation of our accelerating universe. In particular we discuss the arguments for and recent progress made towards understanding the nature of dark energy. We review the observational evidence for the current accelerated expansion of the universe and present a number of dark energy models in addition to the conventional cosmological constant, paying particular attention to scalar field models such as quintessence, K-essence, tachyon, phantom and dilatonic models. The importance of cosmological scaling solutions is emphasized when studying the dynamical system of scalar fields including coupled dark energy. We study the evolution of cosmological perturbations allowing us to confront them with the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure and demonstrate how it is possible in principle to reconstruct the equation of state of dark energy by also using Supernovae Ia observational data. We also discuss in detail the nature of tracking solutions in cosmology, particle physics and braneworld models of dark energy, the nature of possible future singularities, the effect of higher order curvature terms to avoid a Big Rip singularity, and approaches to modifying gravity which leads to a late-time accelerated expansion without recourse to a new form of dark energy.

scholarly journals Dynamical Properties of Dark Energy Models in Fractal Universe

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1174
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Shahzad ◽  
Ayesha Iqbal ◽  
Abdul Jawad
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
State Parameter ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Accelerating Universe ◽  
Statefinder Parameters ◽  
Om Diagnostic ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
Dynamical Properties ◽  
The Universe

In this paper, we consider the flat FRW spacetime filled with interacting dark energy and dark matter in fractal universe. We work with the three models of dark energy named as Tsallis, Renyi and Sharma–Mittal. We investigate different cosmological implications such as equation of state parameter, squared speed of sound, deceleration parameter, statefinder parameters, ω e f f - ω e f f ´ (where prime indicates the derivative with respect to ln a , and a is cosmic scale factor) plane and Om diagnostic. We explore these parameters graphically to study the evolving universe. We compare the consistency of dark energy models with the accelerating universe observational data. All three models are stable in fractal universe and support accelerated expansion of the universe.

scholarly journals Unified Description of Dark Energy and Dark Matter within the Generalized Hybrid Metric-Palatini Theory of Gravity

Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo M. Sá
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Intermediate Phases ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
Theory Of Gravity ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Unified Description

The generalized hybrid metric-Palatini theory of gravity admits a scalar-tensor representation in terms of two interacting scalar fields. We show that, upon an appropriate choice of the interaction potential, one of the scalar fields behaves like dark energy, inducing a late-time accelerated expansion of the universe, while the other scalar field behaves like pressureless dark matter that, together with ordinary baryonic matter, dominates the intermediate phases of cosmic evolution. This unified description of dark energy and dark matter gives rise to viable cosmological solutions, which reproduce the main features of the evolution of the universe.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of Dark Energy Models

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Verónica Motta ◽  
Miguel A. García-Aspeitia ◽  
Alberto Hernández-Almada ◽  
Juan Magaña ◽  
Tomás Verdugo
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Energy Component ◽  
The Past ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
The Status ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Unknown Component

The accelerated expansion of the Universe is one of the main discoveries of the past decades, indicating the presence of an unknown component: the dark energy. Evidence of its presence is being gathered by a succession of observational experiments with increasing precision in its measurements. However, the most accepted model for explaining the dynamic of our Universe, the so-called Lambda cold dark matter, faces several problems related to the nature of such energy component. This has led to a growing exploration of alternative models attempting to solve those drawbacks. In this review, we briefly summarize the characteristics of a (non-exhaustive) list of dark energy models as well as some of the most used cosmological samples. Next, we discuss how to constrain each model’s parameters using observational data. Finally, we summarize the status of dark energy modeling.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF DARK MATTER HALOES IN A HOMOGENEOUS DARK ENERGY UNIVERSE

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (08n10) ◽  
pp. 1397-1403
Author(s):  
L. MARASSI
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
State Parameter ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Dark Energy Component ◽  
Standard Press

Several independent cosmological tests have shown evidences that the energy density of the universe is dominated by a dark energy component, which causes the present accelerated expansion. The large scale structure formation can be used to probe dark energy models, and the mass function of dark matter haloes is one of the best statistical tools to perform this study. We present here a statistical analysis of mass functions of galaxies under a homogeneous dark energy model, proposed in the work of Percival (2005), using an observational flux-limited X-ray cluster survey, and CMB data from WMAP. We compare, in our analysis, the standard Press–Schechter (PS) approach (where a Gaussian distribution is used to describe the primordial density fluctuation field of the mass function), and the PL (power–law) mass function (where we apply a non-extensive q-statistical distribution to the primordial density field). We conclude that the PS mass function cannot explain at the same time the X-ray and the CMB data (even at 99% confidence level), and the PS best fit dark energy equation of state parameter is ω = -0.58, which is distant from the cosmological constant case. The PL mass function provides better fits to the HIFLUGCS X-ray galaxy data and the CMB data; we also note that the ω parameter is very sensible to modifications in the PL free parameter, q, suggesting that the PL mass function could be a powerful tool to constrain dark energy models.

scholarly journals Do supernovae indicate an accelerating universe?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Mohayaee ◽  
Mohamed Rameez ◽  
Subir Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Expansion Rate ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Accelerating Universe ◽  
Acoustic Oscillations ◽  
Independent Evidence ◽  
Peculiar Velocity ◽  
Hubble Expansion

AbstractIn the late 1990’s, observations of two directionally-skewed samples of, in total, 93 Type Ia supernovae were analysed in the framework of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) cosmology. Assuming these to be ‘standard(isable) candles’ it was inferred that the Hubble expansion rate is accelerating as if driven by a positive Cosmological Constant $$\varLambda $$ Λ in Einstein’s theory of gravity. This is still the only direct evidence for the ‘dark energy’ that is the dominant component of today’s standard $$\varLambda $$ Λ CDM cosmological model. Other data such as baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) in the large-scale distribution of galaxies, temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), measurement of stellar ages, the rate of growth of structure, etc are all ‘concordant’ with this model but do not provide independent evidence for accelerated expansion. The recent discussions about whether the inferred acceleration is real rests on analysis of a larger sample of 740 SNe Ia which shows that these are not quite standard candles, and more importantly highlights the ‘corrections’ that are applied to analyse the data in the FLRW framework. The latter holds in the reference frame in which the CMB is isotropic, whereas observations are carried out in our heliocentric frame in which the CMB has a large dipole anisotropy. This is assumed to be of kinematic origin i.e. due to our non-Hubble motion driven by local inhomogeneity in the matter distribution which has grown under gravity from primordial density perturbations traced by the CMB fluctuations. The $$\varLambda $$ Λ CDM model predicts how this peculiar velocity should fall off as the averaging scale is raised and the universe becomes sensibly homogeneous. However observations of the local ‘bulk flow’ are inconsistent with this expectation and convergence to the CMB frame is not seen. Moreover, the kinematic interpretation implies a corresponding dipole in the sky distribution of high redshift quasars, which is rejected by observations at $$4.9\sigma $$ 4.9 σ . Hence the peculiar velocity corrections employed in supernova cosmology are inconsistent and discontinuous within the data. The acceleration of the Hubble expansion rate is in fact anisotropic at $$3.9\sigma $$ 3.9 σ and aligned with the bulk flow. Thus dark energy could be an artefact of analysing data assuming that we are idealised observers in an FLRW universe, when in fact the real universe is inhomogeneous and anisotropic out to distances large enough to impact on cosmological analyses.

Cosmological implications of dark energy models in modified gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeem Azhar ◽  
Abdul Jawad ◽  
Sarfraz Ahmad ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Modified Gravity ◽  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Pilgrim Dark Energy ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
Qcd Ghost Dark Energy ◽  
Chern Simons

We discuss the interacting modified QCD ghost dark energy and generalized ghost pilgrim dark energy with cold dark matter in the framework of dynamical Chern–Simons modified gravity. We investigate the cosmological parameters such as Hubble parameter, deceleration parameter and equation of state. We also discuss the physical significance of various cosmological planes like [Formula: see text] and statefinders. It is found that the results of cosmological parameters as well as planes explain the accelerated expansion of the Universe and are compatible with observational data.

scholarly journals Dynamical Stability of Bulk Viscous Isotropic and Homogeneous Universe

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sharif ◽  
Qanitah Ama-Tul-Mughani
Keyword(s):  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Stationary Points ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Bulk Viscous ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
Homogeneous Universe ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Autonomous Set

In this paper, we study the phase space portrait of homogeneous and isotropic universe by taking different coupling functions between dark energy models and bulk viscous dark matter. The dimensionless quantities are introduced to establish an autonomous set of equations. To analyze the stability of the cosmos, we evaluate critical points and respective eigenvalues for different dynamical quantities. For bulk viscous matter and radiation in tachyon coupled field, these points show stable evolution when γ ≫ δ but accelerated expansion of the universe for δ > 1 9 . The stability of the universe increases for some stationary points which may correspond to the late-time expansion for the coupled phantom field.

scholarly journals A novel teleparallel dark energy model

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Otalora
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Teleparallel Gravity ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Late Time ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Sitter Group ◽  
Current State ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
The Universe

Although equivalent to general relativity, teleparallel gravity (TG) is conceptually speaking a completely different theory. In this theory, the gravitational field is described by torsion, not by curvature. By working in this context, a new model is proposed in which the four-derivative of a canonical scalar field representing dark energy is nonminimally coupled to the “vector torsion”. This type of coupling is motivated by the fact that a scalar field couples to torsion through its four-derivative, which is consistent with local spacetime kinematics regulated by the de Sitter group [Formula: see text]. It is found that the current state of accelerated expansion of the universe corresponds to a late-time attractor that can be (i) a dark energy-dominated de Sitter solution ([Formula: see text]), (ii) a quintessence-type solution with [Formula: see text], or (iii) a phantom-type [Formula: see text] dark energy.

scholarly journals Cosmography and Large Scale Structure by -Gravity: New Results

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Capozziello ◽  
Vincenzo Salzano
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Dark Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Galaxy Cluster ◽  
Weak Field ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Final Theory ◽  
Weak Field Limit ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
Analytic Models

The so-called -gravity has recently attracted a lot of interest since it could be, in principle, able to explain the accelerated expansion of the Universe without adding unknown forms of dark energy/dark matter but, more simply, extending the General Relativity by generic functions of the Ricci scalar. However, apart several phenomenological models, there is no final -theory capable of fitting all the observations and addressing all the issues related to the presence of dark energy and dark matter. An alternative approach could be to “reconstruct” the form of starting from data without imposing particular classes of model. Besides, adopting the same philosophy, we take into account the possibility that galaxy cluster masses, estimated at X-ray wavelengths, could be explained, without dark matter, reconstructing the weak-field limit of analytic models. The corrected gravitational potential, obtained in this approximation, is used to estimate the total mass of a sample of 12 well-shaped clusters of galaxies.

scholarly journals STATEFINDER DIAGNOSTIC FOR DARK ENERGY MODELS IN BIANCHI I UNIVERSE

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (05) ◽  
pp. 1250046 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SHARIF ◽  
RABIA SALEEM
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Holographic Dark Energy ◽  
Chaplygin Gas ◽  
Accelerated Expansion ◽  
Ricci Dark Energy ◽  
Generalized Chaplygin Gas ◽  
Bianchi I ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Expansion Of The Universe ◽  
The Universe

In this paper, we investigate the statefinder, the deceleration and equation of state parameters when universe is composed of generalized holographic dark energy or generalized Ricci dark energy for Bianchi I universe model. These parameters are found for both interacting as well as noninteracting scenarios of generalized holographic or generalized Ricci dark energy with dark matter and generalized Chaplygin gas. We explore these parameters graphically for different situations. It is concluded that these models represent accelerated expansion of the universe.

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