Quintessence and the Missing Energy Problem

Details Quintessence and the Missing Energy Problem Quintessence and the Missing Energy Problem

Mar 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001ppu..conf..177s&link_type=abstract

PARTICLE PHYSICS AND THE UNIVERSE. Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 109. Held 20-25 August 1998 in Haga Slott, Enköping, Sweden. E

Physics

Cosmology, Background Radiations, Superclusters, Large-Scale Structure Of The Universe, Particle-Theory And Field-Theory Models Of The Early Universe

Scientific paper

Recent evidence suggests that the total matter density of the universe is significantly less than the critical density. The shortfall may be explained by curvature (an open universe), vacuum energy density (a cosmological constant), or quintessence (a time-evolving, spatially inhomogeneous component with negative pressure). In all three cases, a key problem is to explain the initial conditions required to have the energy density nearly coincident with the matter density today. A possible solution is "tracker fields," a form of quintessence with an attractor-like solution which leads to the same conditions today for a very wide range of initial conditions. Tracker field make quintessence a more viable candidate for the missing energy component and produce more distinctive predictions.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Quintessence and the Missing Energy Problem does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Quintessence and the Missing Energy Problem, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Quintessence and the Missing Energy Problem will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1094389