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Clustering GCG: a viable option for unified dark matter-dark energy?

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2014-10-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study the clustering Generalized Chaplygin Gas (GCG) as a possible candidate for dark matter-dark energy unification. The vanishing speed of sound (cs2=0c_{s}^2 = 0) for the GCG fluid can be obtained by incorporating higher derivative operator in the original K-essence Lagrangian. The evolution of the density fluctuations in the GCG+Baryon fluid is studied in the linear regime. The observational constraints on the model are obtained using latest data from SNIa, H(z)H(z), BAO and also for the fσ8f\sigma_{8} measurements. The matter power spectra for the allowed parameter values are well behaved without any unphysical features.

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@article{arxiv.1405.5688,
  title  = {Clustering GCG: a viable option for unified dark matter-dark energy?},
  author = {Sumit Kumar and Anjan A. Sen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.5688},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages, Latex style, 6 eps figures