Unified dark energy and dark matter from a scalar field different from quintessence

Dec, 2009
10 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 81 (2010) 043520
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Abstract: (arXiv)
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.
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  • 10 pages RevTeX4 with 5 figures incorporated
  • 95.36.+x
  • 98.80.Cq
  • 98.65.Dx
  • field theory: scalar
  • tensor: energy-momentum
  • velocity: acoustic
  • quintessence
  • dark matter
  • dark energy
  • equation of state