The Limits of Quintessence

Details The Limits of Quintessence The Limits of Quintessence

2005-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505494v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.95:141301,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.141301

We present evidence that the simplest particle-physics scalar-field models of dynamical dark energy can be separated into distinct behaviors based on the acceleration or deceleration of the field as it evolves down its potential towards a zero minimum. We show that these models occupy narrow regions in the phase-plane of w and w', the dark energy equation-of-state and its time-derivative in units of the Hubble time. Restricting an energy scale of the dark energy microphysics limits how closely a scalar field can resemble a cosmological constant. These results, indicating a desired measurement resolution of order \sigma(w')\approx (1+w), define firm targets for observational tests of the physics of dark energy.

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