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Reconstructing the Equation of State for Dark Energy In the Double Complex Symmetric Gravitational Theory
We propose to study the accelerating expansion of the universe in the double
complex symmetric gravitational theory (DCSGT). The universe we live in is
taken as the real part of the whole spacetime which is double
complex. By introducing the spatially flat FRW metric, not only the double
Friedmann Equations but also the two constraint conditions and
are obtained. Furthermore, using parametric ansatz, we reconstruct the
and for dark energy from real observational data. We
find that in the two cases of and , the
corresponding equations of state remain close to -1 at present
() and change from below -1 to above -1. The results illustrate that the
whole spacetime, i.e. the double complex spacetime , may be
either ordinary complex () or hyperbolic complex
(). And the fate of the universe would be Big Rip in the
future.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Commun. Theor. Phy
Unexorcized ghost in DGP brane world
The braneworld model of Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati realizes the
self-accelerating universe. However, it is known that this cosmological
solution contains a spin-2 ghost. We study the possibility of avoiding the
appearance of the ghost by slightly modifying the model, introducing the second
brane. First we consider a simple model without stabilization of the separation
of the brane. By changing the separation between the branes, we find we can
erase the spin-2 ghost. However, this can be done only at the expense of the
appearance of a spin-0 ghost instead. We discuss why these two different types
of ghosts are correlated. Then, we examine a model with stabilization of the
brane separation. Even in this case, we find that the correlation between
spin-0 and spin-2 ghosts remains. As a result we find we cannot avoid the
appearance of ghost by two-branes model.Comment: 19 pages, 1 figur
Spherically symmetric vacuum solutions of modified gravity theory in higher dimensions
In this paper we investigate spherically symmetric vacuum solutions of
gravity in a higher dimensional spacetime. With this objective we construct a
system of non-linear differential equations, whose solutions depend on the
explicit form assumed for the function . We explicit
show that for specific classes of this function exact solutions from the field
equations are obtained; also we find approximated results for the metric tensor
for more general cases admitting close to the unity.Comment: 14 pages, no figure. New version accepted for publication in EPJ
Cosmological model with interactions in the dark sector
A cosmological model is proposed for the current Universe consisted of
non-interacting baryonic matter and interacting dark components. The dark
energy and dark matter are coupled through their effective barotropic indexes,
which are considered as functions of the ratio between their energy densities.
It is investigated two cases where the ratio is asymptotically stable and their
parameters are adjusted by considering best fits to Hubble function data. It is
shown that the deceleration parameter, the densities parameters, and the
luminosity distance have the correct behavior which is expected for a viable
present scenario of the Universe.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figure
Cosmological expansion and local systems: a Lema\^{i}tre-Tolman-Bondi model
We propose a Lema\^{i}tre-Tolman-Bondi system mimicking a two-body system to
address the problem of the cosmological expansion versus local dynamics. This
system is strongly bound but participates in the cosmic expansion and is
exactly comoving with the cosmic substratum
Dark Viscous Fluid coupled with Dark Matter and future singularity
We study effects of viscous fluid coupled with dark matter in our universe.
We consider bulk viscosity in the cosmic fluid and we suppose the existence of
a coupling between fluid and dark matter, in order to reproduce a stable de
Sitter universe protected against future-time singularities. More general
inhomogeneous fluids are studied related to future singularities.Comment: 11 page
Phenomenology of -CDM model: a possibility of accelerating Universe with positive pressure
Among various phenomenological models, a time-dependent model is selected here to investigate the -CDM cosmology.
Using this model the expressions for the time-dependent equation of state
parameter and other physical parameters are derived. It is shown that
in model accelerated expansion of the Universe takes place at negative
energy density, but with a positive pressure. It has also been possible to
obtain the change of sign of the deceleration parameter during cosmic
evolution.Comment: 16 Latex pages, 11 figures, Considerable modifications in the text;
Accepted in IJT
Model for a Universe described by a non-minimally coupled scalar field and interacting dark matter
In this work it is investigated the evolution of a Universe where a scalar
field, non-minimally coupled to space-time curvature, plays the role of
quintessence and drives the Universe to a present accelerated expansion. A
non-relativistic dark matter constituent that interacts directly with dark
energy is also considered, where the dark matter particle mass is assumed to be
proportional to the value of the scalar field. Two models for dark matter
pressure are considered: the usual one, pressureless, and another that comes
from a thermodynamic theory and relates the pressure with the coupling between
the scalar field and the curvature scalar. Although the model has a strong
dependence on the initial conditions, it is shown that the mixture consisted of
dark components plus baryonic matter and radiation can reproduce the expected
red-shift behavior of the deceleration parameter, density parameters and
luminosity distance.Comment: 11 pages and 6 figures. To appear in GR
Observational Constraints of Modified Chaplygin Gas in Loop Quantum Cosmology
We have considered the FRW universe in loop quantum cosmology (LQC) model
filled with the dark matter (perfect fluid with negligible pressure) and the
modified Chaplygin gas (MCG) type dark energy. We present the Hubble parameter
in terms of the observable parameters , and
with the redshift and the other parameters like , , and .
From Stern data set (12 points), we have obtained the bounds of the arbitrary
parameters by minimizing the test. The best-fit values of the
parameters are obtained by 66%, 90% and 99% confidence levels. Next due to
joint analysis with BAO and CMB observations, we have also obtained the bounds
of the parameters () by fixing some other parameters and .
From the best fit of distance modulus for our theoretical MCG model in
LQC, we concluded that our model is in agreement with the union2 sample data.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures, Accepted in EPJC. arXiv admin note: text
overlap with arXiv:astro-ph/0311622 by other author
Quantum driven Bounce of the future Universe
It is demonstrated that due to back-reaction of quantum effects, expansion of
the universe stops at its maximum and takes a turnaround. Later on, it
contracts to a very small size in finite future time. This phenomenon is
followed by a " bounce" with re-birth of an exponentially expanding
non-singular universe
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