One-parametric description for scalar field dark matter potentials
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2021-03-31 v1
Abstract
We study the cosmological evolution for a scalar field dark matter model, by considering a parameterization of the evolution equations that allow us to unify in a single parameter a family of potentials: quadratic (free case), trigonometric (Axion-like case), and hyperbolic. After exploring the cosmological dynamics of this model, we perform a statistical analysis to study the viability of such model in comparison with the standard Cold Dark Matter model. We found that the free case is preferred over the other scalar field potentials, but in any case all of them are disfavored by the cosmological observations with respect to the standard model.
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@article{arxiv.2102.05074,
title = {One-parametric description for scalar field dark matter potentials},
author = {Francisco X. Linares Cedeño and L. Arturo Ureña-López},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.05074},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures. Matches published version in Astronomische Nachrichten