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Generalized models of unification of dark matter and dark energy

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-04-04 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

A model of unification of dark matter and dark energy based on the modeling of the speed of sound as a function of the parameter of the equation of state is introduced. It is found that the model in which the speed of sound depends on the power of the parameter of the equation of state, cs2=α(w)γc_s^2=\alpha (-w)^{\gamma}, contains the generalized Chaplygin gas models as its subclass. An effective scalar field description of the model is obtained in a parametric form which in some cases can be translated into a closed form solution for the scalar field potential. A constraint on model parameters is obtained using the observational data on the Hubble parameter at different redshifts.

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@article{arxiv.1208.0449,
  title  = {Generalized models of unification of dark matter and dark energy},
  author = {Neven Caplar and Hrvoje Stefancic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.0449},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

v1: 18 pages, 6 figures; v2: 19 pages, minor changes, references added; v3: version published in PRD