On the uniqueness of CDM-like evolution for homogeneous and isotropic cosmology in general relativity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.137962zbMATH Open1523.83072arXiv2208.04596MaRDI QIDQ6156475FDOQ6156475

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Publication date: 13 June 2023

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We address the question of the uniqueness of spatially flat $Lambda$CDM-like evolution for FLRW cosmologies in General Relativity, i.e. whether any model other than the spatially flat $Lambda$CDM can give rise to the same type of scale factor evolution. Firstly, we elaborate on what we exactly imply by a $Lambda$CDM-like evolution or kinematic/cosmographic degeneracy with the $Lambda$CDM model, using the lessons from the statefinder diagnostic. Then, we consider two models with interaction in the dark sector: coupled fluid-fluid model and coupled quintessence model. We enforce the emph{kinematic} degeneracy with the spatially flat $Lambda$CDM model via the cosmographic condition $j=1$ ($j$ being the jerk parameter), which in turn fixes the function of the interaction term that is a priori unspecified. We argue that in General Relativity this cosmographic condition is consistent only with spatial flatness. Employing a dynamical system approach, we show that the spatially flat coupled fluid-fluid interacting models kinematically degenerate with $Lambda$CDM must necessarily be based on a phantom fluid, whereas the set of physically viable spatially flat coupled quintessence models with power law or exponential potential kinematically degenerate to $Lambda$CDM is of measure zero. Our analysis establishes that coupled fluid-fluid models with non-phantom fluids or coupled quintessence models with power law and exponential potential can never reproduce a cosmological evolution similar to that of the $Lambda$CDM. The astrophysical consequences of our findings are qualitatively discussed in light of observational cosmological tensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04596

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Fibrations, degenerations in algebraic geometry (14D06) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Local structure of morphisms in algebraic geometry: étale, flat, etc. (14B25) Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17)

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