Could dark matter interactions be an alternative to dark energy?

DOI10.1051/0004-6361/200912661zbMATH Open1253.85018arXiv0807.4590OpenAlexW2112767248WikidataQ68859301 ScholiaQ68859301MaRDI QIDQ5852087FDOQ5852087

Authors: Spyros Basilakos, Manolis Plionis 

Publication date: 26 January 2010

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the global dynamics of the universe within the framework of the Interacting Dark Matter (IDM) scenario. Assuming that the dark matter obeys the collisional Boltzmann equation, we can derive analytical solutions of the global density evolution, which can accommodate an accelerated expansion, equivalent to either the {em quintessence} or the standard $Lambda$ models, with the present time located after the inflection point. This is possible if there is a disequilibrium between the DM particle creation and annihilation processes with the former process dominating, which creates an effective source term with negative pressure. Comparing the predicted Hubble expansion of one of the IDM models (the simplest) with observational data we find that the effective annihilation term is quite small, as suggested by a variety of other recent experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4590

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmology: theorymethods: analytical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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