Growth of perturbations in dark matter coupled with quintessence

Details Growth of perturbations in dark matter coupled with quintessence Growth of perturbations in dark matter coupled with quintessence

2005-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504571v2

Phys.Rev. D72 (2005) 043516

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 10 figures; v2: references added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.72.043516

We consider the evolution of linear perturbations in models with a nonminimal coupling between dark matter and scalar field dark energy. Growth of matter inhomogeneities in two examples of such models proposed in the literature are investigated in detail. Both of these models are based on a low-energy limit of effective string theory action, and have been previously shown to naturally lead to late acceleration of the universe. However, we find that these models can be ruled out by taking properly into account the impact of the scalar field coupling on the formation of structure in the dark matter density. In particular, when the transition to acceleration in these models begins, the interaction with dark energy enchances the small scale clustering in dark matter much too strongly. We discuss the the role of an effective small scale sound speed in such models with a coupled dark sector.

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