Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-08-29
Braz.J.Phys. 36 (2006) 1109
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 6 figures, Invited talk at XXVI Brazilian National Meeting on Particles and Fields, Sao Lourenco, Brazil. To appear i
Scientific paper
The high-quality cosmological data, which became available in the last decade, have thrusted upon us a rather preposterous composition for the universe which poses one of the greatest challenges theoretical physics has ever faced: the so-called dark energy. By focusing our attention on specific examples of dark energy scenarios, we discuss three different candidates for this dark component, namely, a decaying vacuum energy or time-varying cosmological constant [$\Lambda(t)$], a rolling homogeneous quintessence field ($\Phi$), and modifications in gravity due to extra spatial dimensions. As discussed, all these candidates [along with the vacuum energy or cosmological constant ($\Lambda$)] seem somewhat to be able to explain the current observational results, which hampers any definitive conclusion on the actual nature of the dark energy.
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