Dark energy, curvature, and cosmic coincidence

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.08.070zbMATH Open1248.83160arXivastro-ph/0509177OpenAlexW2032881933WikidataQ125706982 ScholiaQ125706982MaRDI QIDQ712845FDOQ712845

Authors: Urbano França 

Publication date: 18 October 2012

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

Abstract: The fact that the energy densities of dark energy and matter are similar currently, known as the coincidence problem, is one of the main unsolved problems of cosmology. We present here a model in which a spatial curvature of the universe can lead to a transition in the present epoch from a matter dominated universe to a scaling dark energy dominance in a very natural way. In particular, we show that if the exponential potential of the dark energy field depends linearly on the spatial curvature density of a closed universe, the observed values of some cosmological parameters can be obtained assuming acceptable values for the present spatial curvature of the universe, and without fine tuning in the only parameter of the model. We also comment on possible variations of this model, and realistic scenarios in which it could arise.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509177

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zbMATH Keywords

coincidence problemenergy densities of dark energyenergy densities of dark matter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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