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Exponential Potentials for Tracker Fields

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We show that a general, exact cosmological solution, where dynamics of scalar field is assigned by an exponential potential, fulfils all the issues of dark energy approach, both from a theoretical point of view and in comparison with available observational data. Moreover, tracking conditions are discussed, with a new treatment of the well known condition Γ>1\Gamma>1. We prove that the currently used expression for Γ\Gamma is wrong.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0311537,
  title  = {Exponential Potentials for Tracker Fields},
  author = {C. Rubano and P. Scudellaro and E. Piedipalumbo and S. Capozziello and M. Capone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0311537},
  year   = {2008}
}

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29 pages,12 figures; contact [email protected]; revised version, to appear in Physical Review D