scholarly journals MODELING DARK ENERGY THROUGH AN ISING FLUID WITH NETWORK INTERACTIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 1450023
Author(s):  
ORLANDO LUONGO ◽  
DAMIANO TOMMASINI
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Information Criterion ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Spin Interaction ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Spin Variable ◽  
Barotropic Fluid ◽  
Limiting Case

We show that the dark energy (DE) effects can be modeled by using an Ising perfect fluid with network interactions, whose low redshift equation of state (EoS), i.e. ω0, becomes ω0 = -1 as in the ΛCDM model. In our picture, DE is characterized by a barotropic fluid on a lattice in the equilibrium configuration. Thus, mimicking the spin interaction by replacing the spin variable with an occupational number, the pressure naturally becomes negative. We find that the corresponding EoS mimics the effects of a variable DE term, whose limiting case reduces to the cosmological constant Λ. This permits us to avoid the introduction of a vacuum energy as DE source by hand, alleviating the coincidence and fine tuning problems. We find fairly good cosmological constraints, by performing three tests with supernovae Ia (SNeIa), baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO) and cosmic microwave background (CMB) measurements. Finally, we perform the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) selection criteria, showing that our model is statistically favored with respect to the Chevallier–Polarsky–Linder (CPL) parametrization.

scholarly journals Redshift parametrizations of dark energy and observational constraint on their parameters: Galileon gravity as background

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (31) ◽  
pp. 1550151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabir Rudra ◽  
Chayan Ranjit ◽  
Sujata Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Distance Modulus ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Frw Universe ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Best Fit

In this work, Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) universe filled with dark matter (DM) (perfect fluid with negligible pressure) along with dark energy (DE) in the background of Galileon gravity is considered. Four DE models with different equation of state (EoS) parametrizations have been employed namely, linear, Chevallier–Polarski–Lindler (CPL), Jassal–Bagla–Padmanabhan (JBP) and logarithmic parametrizations. From Stern, Stern+Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and Stern+BAO+Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) joint data analysis, we have obtained the bounds of the arbitrary parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] by minimizing the [Formula: see text] test. The best fit values and bounds of the parameters are obtained at 66%, 90% and 99% confidence levels which are shown by closed confidence contours in the figures. For the logarithmic model unbounded confidence contours are obtained and hence the model parameters could not be finitely constrained. The distance modulus [Formula: see text](z) against redshift [Formula: see text] has also been plotted for our predicted theoretical models for the best fit values of the parameters and compared with the observed Union2 data sample and SNe Type Ia 292 data and we have shown that our predicted theoretical models permits the observational datasets. From the data fitting it is seen that at lower redshifts [Formula: see text] the SNe Type Ia 292 data gives a better fit with our theoretical models compared to the Union2 data sample. So, from the data analysis, SNe Type Ia 292 data is the more favored data sample over its counterpart given the present choice of free parameters. From the study, it is also seen that the logarithmic parametrization model is less supported by the observational data. Finally, we have generated the plot for the deceleration parameter against the redshift parameter for all the theoretical models and compared the results with the work of Farooq et al., (2013).

scholarly journals Application of Self-Similar Symmetry Model to Dark Energy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohide Sonoda
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Structure Constant ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Fine Structure Constant ◽  
Vacuum Energy Density ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
The Universe

Recent observations of the dark energy density demonstrates the fine-tuning problem and challenges in theoretical modelling. In this study, we apply the self-similar symmetry (SSS) model, describing the hierarchical structure of the universe based on the Dirac large numbers hypothesis, to Einstein's cosmological term. We introduce a new similarity dimension, DB, in the SSS model. Using the DB SSS model, the cosmological constant, vacuum energy density, and Hubble parameter can be simply expressed as a function of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature. We show that the initial value of the vacuum energy density at the creation of the universe is ρ0 = 1/8παf6, where αf is the fine structure constant. The results indicate that the CMB is the primary factor for the evolution of the universe, providing a unified understanding of the problems of naturalness.

scholarly journals Constraints on the interacting vacuum–geodesic CDM scenario

2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (3) ◽  
pp. 3423-3438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Martinelli ◽  
Natalie B Hogg ◽  
Simone Peirone ◽  
Marco Bruni ◽  
David Wands
Keyword(s):  
Cold Dark Matter ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Linear Perturbation ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Dynamical Interaction ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Linear Perturbation Theory

Abstract We investigate an interacting dark sector scenario in which the vacuum energy is free to interact with cold dark matter (CDM), which itself is assumed to cluster under the sole action of gravity, i.e. it is in freefall (geodesic), as in ΛCDM. The interaction is characterized by a dimensionless coupling qV(z), in general a function of redshift. Aiming to reconstruct the evolution of the coupling, we use cosmic microwave background data from Planck 2015, along with baryon acoustic oscillation, redshift space distortion, and Type Ia supernova measurements to constrain various parametrizations of qV(z). We present the full linear perturbation theory of this interacting scenario and use Monte Carlo Markov Chains (MCMC) sampling to study five different cases: two cases in which we have ΛCDM evolution in the distant past, until a set redshift ztrans, below which the interaction switches on and qV is the single-sampled parameter, with ztrans fixed at ztrans = 3000 and 0.9, respectively; a case where we allow this transition redshift to vary along with qV; a case in which the vacuum energy is zero for z > ztrans and then begins to grow once the interaction switches on; and the final case in which we bin qV(z) in four redshift bins to investigate the possibility of a dynamical interaction, reconstructing the redshift evolution of the function using Gaussian processes. We find that, in all cases where the high-redshift evolution is not modified, the results are compatible with a vanishing coupling, thus finding no significant deviation from ΛCDM.

scholarly journals Softly fine-tuned Standard Model and the scale of inflation

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (34) ◽  
pp. 1550179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beste Korutlu
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Higgs Field ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Spacetime Curvature ◽  
Energy Formula ◽  
The Stability

The direct coupling between the Higgs field and the spacetime curvature, if finely tuned, is known to stabilize the Higgs boson mass. The fine-tuning is soft because the Standard Model (SM) parameters are subject to no fine-tuning thanks to their independence from the Higgs-curvature coupling. This soft fine-tuning leaves behind a large vacuum energy [Formula: see text] which inflates the Universe with a Hubble rate [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] being the SM ultraviolet (UV) boundary. This means that the tensor-to-scalar ratio inferred from cosmic microwave background polarization measurements by BICEP2, Planck and others lead to the determination of [Formula: see text]. The exit from the inflationary phase, as usual, is accomplished via decays of the vacuum energy. Here, we show that, identification of [Formula: see text] with the inflaton, as a sliding UV scale upon the SM, respects the soft fine-tuning constraint and does not disrupt the stability of the SM Higgs boson.

scholarly journals Dark Energy with Phantom Crossing and the H0 Tension

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Eleonora Di Valentino ◽  
Ankan Mukherjee ◽  
Anjan A. Sen
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Hubble Constant ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Local Measurement ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Perfect Agreement ◽  
Cosmological Observations ◽  
Phantom Crossing

We investigate the possibility of phantom crossing in the dark energy sector and the solution for the Hubble tension between early and late universe observations. We use robust combinations of different cosmological observations, namely the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), local measurement of Hubble constant (H0), Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) and SnIa for this purpose. For a combination of CMB+BAO data that is related to early universe physics, phantom crossing in the dark energy sector was confirmed at a 95% confidence level and we obtained the constraint H0=71.0−3.8+2.9 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level, which is in perfect agreement with the local measurement by Riess et al. We show that constraints from different combinations of data are consistent with each other and all of them are consistent with phantom crossing in the dark energy sector. For the combination of all data considered, we obtained the constraint H0=70.25±0.78 km/s/Mpc at a 68% confidence level and the phantom crossing happening at the scale factor am=0.851−0.031+0.048 at a 68% confidence level.

scholarly journals Cosmological models of generalized ghost pilgrim dark energy (GGPDE) in the gravitation theory of Saez–Ballester

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Garg ◽  
Archana Dixit ◽  
Anirudh Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Type I ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Light Curve Analysis ◽  
Pilgrim Dark Energy ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
State Formula ◽  
Quintessence Field

In this paper, we study the mechanism of the cosmic model in the presence of generalized ghost pilgrim dark energy (GGPDE) and matter in locally rotationally symmetric (LRS) Bianchi type-I space-time by the utilization of new holographic DE in Saez–Ballester theory. Here, we discuss all the data for three scenarios, the first is supernovae type-Ia union data, the second is SN Ia data in combination with baryon acoustic oscillation and cosmic microwave background observations and the third is a combination with observational Hubble data and joint light-curve analysis observations. From this, we get a model of our universe, where transit state exists from deceleration to acceleration phase. Here, we have observed that the results yielded by cosmological parameters like [Formula: see text] (energy density), equation of state [Formula: see text], squared speed of sound [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] are compatible with the recent observations. The [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] trajectories lie in both thawing and freezing regions and the correspondence of the quintessence field with GGPDE is also discussed. Some physical aspects of the GGPDE models are mainly highlighted.

scholarly journals DARK ENERGY, WITH SIGNATURES

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (14) ◽  
pp. 2325-2330
Author(s):  
SOURISH DUTTA ◽  
ROBERT J. SCHERRER ◽  
STEPHEN D. H. HSU
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Particle Content ◽  
Energy Field ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
New Energy

We propose a class of simple dark energy models which predict a late-time dark radiation component and a distinctive time-dependent equation of state w(z) for redshift z < 3. The dark energy field can be coupled strongly enough to standard model particles to be detected in colliders, and the model requires only modest additional particle content and little or no fine-tuning other than a new energy scale of order milli-electron volts.

scholarly journals KiDS+VIKING-450 and DES-Y1 combined: Cosmology with cosmic shear

2020 ◽  
Vol 638 ◽  
pp. L1 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Joudaki ◽  
H. Hildebrandt ◽  
D. Traykova ◽  
N. E. Chisari ◽  
C. Heymans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmic Microwave Background ◽  
Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Error Model ◽  
Calibration Error ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Weak Gravitational Lensing ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Cosmic Shear ◽  
Energy Survey

We present a combined tomographic weak gravitational lensing analysis of the Kilo Degree Survey (KV450) and the Dark Energy Survey (DES-Y1). We homogenize the analysis of these two public cosmic shear datasets by adopting consistent priors and modeling of nonlinear scales, and determine new redshift distributions for DES-Y1 based on deep public spectroscopic surveys. Adopting these revised redshifts results in a 0.8σ reduction in the DES-inferred value for S​8, which decreases to a 0.5σ reduction when including a systematic redshift calibration error model from mock DES data based on the MICE2 simulation. The combined KV450+DES-Y1 constraint on S8 = 0.762−0.024+0.025 is in tension with the Planck 2018 constraint from the cosmic microwave background at the level of 2.5σ. This result highlights the importance of developing methods to provide accurate redshift calibration for current and future weak-lensing surveys.

The possibility of a stable flat dark energy-dominated Swiss-cheese brane-world universe

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050075
Author(s):  
Nasr Ahmed ◽  
Kazuharu Bamba ◽  
F. Salama
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Cosmological Models ◽  
Brane World ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Energy Conditions ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Swiss Cheese ◽  
Black Strings ◽  
The Stability

In this paper, we study the possibility of obtaining a stable flat dark energy-dominated universe in a good agreement with observations in the framework of Swiss-cheese brane-world cosmology. Two different brane-world cosmologies with black strings have been introduced for any cosmological constant [Formula: see text] using two empirical forms of the scale factor. In both models, we have performed a fine-tuning between the brane tension and the cosmological constant so that the Equation of state (EoS) parameter [Formula: see text] for the current epoch, where the redshift [Formula: see text]. We then used these fine–tuned values to calculate and plot all parameters and energy conditions. The deceleration–acceleration cosmic transition is allowed in both models, and the jerk parameter [Formula: see text] at late-times. Both solutions predict a future dark energy-dominated universe in which [Formula: see text] with no crossing to the phantom divide line. While the pressure in the first solution is always negative, the second solution predicts a better behavior of cosmic pressure where the pressure is negative only in the late-time accelerating era but positive in the early-time decelerating era. Such a positive-to-negative transition in the evolution of pressure helps to explain the cosmic deceleration–acceleration transition. Since black strings have been proved to be unstable by some authors, this instability can actually reflect doubts on the stability of cosmological models with black strings (Swiss-cheese type brane-worlds cosmological models). For this reason, we have carefully investigated the stability through energy conditions and sound speed. Because of the presence of quadratic energy terms in Swiss-cheese type brane-world cosmology, we have tested the new nonlinear energy conditions in addition to the classical energy conditions. We have also found that a negative tension brane is not allowed in both models of the current work as the energy density will no longer be well defined.

scholarly journals Consistency of nonlinear interacting ghost dark energy with recent observations

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1750124 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Ebrahimi ◽  
H. Golchin ◽  
A. Mehrabi ◽  
S. M. S. Movahed
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Nonlinear Interaction ◽  
Acoustic Oscillation ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Dark Energy Density ◽  
Ghost Dark Energy ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Best Fit

In this paper, we investigate ghost dark energy model in the presence of nonlinear interaction between dark energy and dark matter. We also extend the analysis to the so-called generalized ghost dark energy (GGDE) which [Formula: see text]. The model contains three free parameters as [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] (the coupling coefficient of interactions). We propose three kinds of nonlinear interaction terms and discuss the behavior of equation of state, deceleration and dark energy density parameters of the model. We also find the squared sound speed and search for signs of stability of the model. To compare the interacting GGDE model with observational data sets, we use more recent observational outcomes, namely SNIa from JLA catalog, Hubble parameter, baryonic acoustic oscillation and the most relevant CMB parameters including, the position of acoustic peaks, shift parameters and redshift to recombination. For GGDE with the first nonlinear interaction, the joint analysis indicates that [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] at 1 optimal variance error. For the second interaction, the best fit values at [Formula: see text] confidence are [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. According to combination of all observational data sets considered in this paper, the best fit values for third nonlinearly interacting model are [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text] confidence interval. Finally, we found that the presence of interaction is compatible in mentioned models via current observational datasets.

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