Interacting quintessence and the coincidence problem

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2004-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404122v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

3 pages, contribution to the Tenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 20-26 July 2003

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We investigate the role of a possible coupling of dark matter and dark energy. In particular, we explore the consequences of such an interaction for the coincidence problem, i.e., for the question, why the energy densities of dark matter and dark energy are of the same order just at the present epoch. We demonstrate, that, with the help of a suitable coupling, it is possible to reproduce any scaling solution $\rho_X \propto \rho_M a^\xi$, where $a$ is the scale factor of the Robertson-Walker metric and $\xi$ is a constant parameter. $\rho_X$ and $\rho_M$ are the densities of dark energy and dark matter, respectively. Furthermore, we show that an interaction between dark matter and dark energy can drive the transition from an early matter dominated era to a phase of accelerated expansion with a stable, stationary ratio of the energy densities of both components.

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