4 research outputs found
Crossing the phantom divide without phantom matter
A class of braneworld models can lead to phantom-like acceleration of the
late universe, but without the need for any phantom matter. In the simplest
models, the universe contains only cold dark matter and a cosmological
constant. We generalize these models by introducing a quintessence field. The
new feature in our models is that quintessence leads to a crossing of the
phantom divide, . This is a purely gravitational effect, and there is no
phantom instability. Furthermore, the Hubble parameter is always decreasing,
and there is no big rip singularity in the future.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, revtex
Correspondence between kinematical backreaction and scalar field cosmologies - the `morphon field'
Spatially averaged inhomogeneous cosmologies in classical general relativity
can be written in the form of effective Friedmann equations with sources that
include backreaction terms. In this paper we propose to describe these
backreaction terms with the help of a homogeneous scalar field evolving in a
potential; we call it the `morphon field'. This new field links classical
inhomogeneous cosmologies to scalar field cosmologies, allowing to reinterpret,
e.g., quintessence scenarios by routing the physical origin of the scalar field
source to inhomogeneities in the Universe. We investigate a one-parameter
family of scaling solutions to the backreaction problem. Subcases of these
solutions (all without an assumed cosmological constant) include
scale-dependent models with Friedmannian kinematics that can mimic the presence
of a cosmological constant or a time-dependent cosmological term. We explicitly
reconstruct the scalar field potential for the scaling solutions, and discuss
those cases that provide a solution to the Dark Energy and coincidence
problems. In this approach, Dark Energy emerges from morphon fields, a
mechanism that can be understood through the proposed correspondence: the
averaged cosmology is characterized by a weak decay (quintessence) or growth
(phantom quintessence) of kinematical fluctuations, fed by `curvature energy'
that is stored in the averaged 3-Ricci curvature. We find that the late-time
trajectories of those models approach attractors that lie in the future of a
state that is predicted by observational constraints.Comment: 36 pages and 6 Figures, matches published version in Class.Quant.Gra
Notes on interacting holographic dark energy model in a closed universe
We consider interacting holographic dark energy model in Friedmann Robertson
Walker space time with positive spatial curvature and investigate the behavior
of curvature parameter and dark energy density in accelerated expanding epoch.
We also derive some conditions needed to cross the phantom divide line in this
model.Comment: 10 pages, typos corrected, some explanations and references added and
updated, accepted for publication in JCA