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Curvature quintessence matched with observational data

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Quintessence issues can be achieved by taking into account higher order curvature invariants into the effective action of gravitational field. Such an approach is naturally related to fundamental theories of quantum gravity which predict higher order terms in loop expansion of quantum fields in curved space-times. In this framework, we obtain a class of cosmological solutions which are fitted against cosmological data. We reproduce encouraging results able to fit high redshift supernovae and WMAP observations. The age of the universe and other cosmological parameters are discussed in this context.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0307018,
  title  = {Curvature quintessence matched with observational data},
  author = {S. Capozziello and V. F. Cardone and S. Carloni and A. Troisi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0307018},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages, 3 figures, submitted 07/05/2003 to Int. J. Mod. Phys. D

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