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Gravitational potential evolution in Unified Dark Matter Scalar Field Cosmologies: an analytical approach

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2012-08-14 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We investigate the time evolution of the gravitational potential Phi for a special class of non-adiabatic Unified Dark matter Models described by scalar field lagrangians. These models predict the same background evolution as in the LambdaCDM and possess a non-vanishing speed of sound. We provide a very accurate approximation of Phi, valid after the recombination epoch, in the form of a Bessel function of the first kind. This approximation may be useful for a future deeper analysis of Unified Dark Matter scalar field models.

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@article{arxiv.1103.0234,
  title  = {Gravitational potential evolution in Unified Dark Matter Scalar Field Cosmologies: an analytical approach},
  author = {Oliver F. Piattella and Daniele Bertacca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.0234},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages, 6 figures