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A New Approach to Quintessence and a Solution of Multiple Attractors

Astrophysics 2009-06-23 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We take a new approach to construct Quintessential models. With this approach, we first easily obtain a tracker solution that is different from those discovered before and straightforwardly find a solution of multiple attractors, i.e., a solution with more than one attractor for a given set of parameters. Then we propose a scenario of Quintessence where the field jumps out of the scaling attractor to the de-Sitter-like attractor, by introducing a field whose value changes a certain amount in a short time, leading to the current acceleration. We also calculate the change the field needs for a successful jump and suggest a possible mechanism that involves spontaneous symmetry breaking to realize the sudden change of the field value.

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@article{arxiv.0705.1577,
  title  = {A New Approach to Quintessence and a Solution of Multiple Attractors},
  author = {Shuang-Yong Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1577},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures, Revtex4; To appear in PLB