Dark Energy vs. Dark Matter: Towards a Unifying Scalar Field?

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2008-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/0812.3611v1

EAS Publ.Ser.36:161-166, 2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the July 2008 CRAL-IPNL conference "Dark Energy and Dark Matter"

Scientific paper

10.1051/eas/0936023

The standard model of cosmology suggests the existence of two components, "dark matter" and "dark energy", which determine the fate of the Universe. Their nature is still under investigation, and no direct proof of their existences has emerged yet. There exist alternative models which reinterpret the cosmological observations, for example by replacing the dark energy/dark matter hypothesis by the existence of a unique dark component, the dark fluid, which is able to mimic the behaviour of both components. After a quick review of the cosmological constraints on this unifying dark fluid, we will present a model of dark fluid based on a complex scalar field and discuss the problem of the choice of the potential.

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