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Matter with an equation of state $p=-\rho/3$ may arise in certain scalar field theories, and the energy density of this matter decreases as $a^{-2}$ with the scale factor $a$ of the Universe. In this case, the Universe could be closed but…

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The Hubble expansion of galaxies, the $2.73\dK$ blackbody radiation background and the cosmic abundances of the light elements argue for a hot, dense origin of the universe --- the standard Big Bang cosmology --- and enable its evolution to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-16 Subir Sarkar

We use the latest cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations to provide updated constraints on the dark matter lifetime as well as on p-wave suppressed annihilation cross sections in the 1 MeV to 1 TeV mass range. In contrast to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-17 Roberta Diamanti , Laura Lopez-Honorez , Olga Mena , Sergio Palomares-Ruiz , Aaron C. Vincent

A derivation of a theoretical, time average, cosmic microwave background (CMB), Planckian temperature V of the universe remains a challenge. A scalar potential model (SPM) that resulted from considerations of galaxy cells is applied to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John C. Hodge

Our Universe is ruled by quantum mechanics and its extension Quantum Field Theory (QFT). However, the explanations for a number of cosmological phenomena such as inflation, dark energy, symmetry breakings, and phase transitions need the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 Houri Ziaeepour

In this work, we study the applications of entropy bounds in two toy cosmological models with particle production (annihilation), i.e., a radiation-dominated universe and a dust-dominated universe. We consider the co-moving volume and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Hao Yu , Jin Li

In this paper I determine the general form of the physical and mathematical restrictions that arise on the interactions of gravity and scalar fields in the 2T field theory setting, in d+2 dimensions, as well as in the emerging shadows in d…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-01-17 Itzhak Bars

We discuss the concept of measurement in cosmology from the relativistic and quantum mechanical points of view. The uncertainty principle within the particle horizon, excludes the momentum of particles to be less than $\pi\hbar H/c$. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Rahvar , M. Sadegh Movahed , M Saadat

Friedmans cosmological equations for the scale factor are analyzed for the Universe containing dark energy. The parameter of the equation of state of the dark energy is treated as an arbitrary constant whose value lies within the interval…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-13 M. V. Sazhin , O. S. Sazhina , U. Chadayammuri

Cosmic-rays with energies up to $3\times10^{20}$ eV have been observed, as have as have astrophysical neutrinos with energies above 1 PeV. In this talk, I will discuss some of the unique phenomena that occur when particles with TeV energies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Spencer R. Klein

We present a comprehensive analysis of the effects of models with very low reheating scenarios ($T_\text{RH} \sim \mathcal{O}(\text{MeV})$) on the cosmological observables and derive corresponding bounds on the reheating temperature. With…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-13 Nicola Barbieri , Thejs Brinckmann , Stefano Gariazzo , Massimiliano Lattanzi , Sergio Pastor , Ofelia Pisanti

Quintessential inflation provides a unified description of the early and late accelerated phases of the Universe, linking the inflationary epoch to the present-day dark energy-dominated era through a single scalar degree of freedom. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 Jamerson Rodrigues , Gabriel Rodrigues , Felipe B. M. dos Santos , Simony Santos da Costa , Jailson Alcaniz

We investigate the joint effect of the cosmological phase transitions, thermal light dark matter, and the lepton asymmetry on the big bang nucleosynthesis and cosmic microwave background. We find that all of them can modify the predictions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-06 Shihao Deng , Ligong Bian

We describe in the context of the particle physics (PP) standard model (SM) `PP-SM' the understanding of the primordial properties and composition of the Universe in the temperature range $130\GeV>T>20\keV$. The Universe evolution is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-09 Johann Rafelski , Jeremiah Birrell , Christopher Grayson , Andrew Steinmetz , Cheng Tao Yang

Given that the dark matter and dark energy in the universe affect cosmological observables only gravitationally, their phenomenology may be described by a single stress energy tensor. True unification however requires a theory that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dimitrios Giannakis , Wayne Hu

This paper consider an universe dominated by baryonic matter, radiation and a nonminimally coupled massive scalar field under the action of a symmetry breaking potential. Inflation occurs naturally with appropriated slow-roll values. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-02 S. H. Pereira

We consider the hypothesis that galactic dark matter is composed of ultra-light scalar particles and use internal properties of dwarf spheroidal galaxies to establish a preferred range for the mass m of these bosonic particles. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 V. Lora , Juan Magana , Argelia Bernal , F. J. Sanchez-Salcedo , E. K. Grebel

Cosmological scalar fields coupled to the Standard Model drive temporal variations in the fundamental constants that grow with redshift, positioning the early Universe as a powerful tool to study such models. We investigate the dynamics and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-04 Masha Baryakhtar , Olivier Simon , Zachary J. Weiner

Motivated by recent astrophysical observations of quasar absorption systems, we formulate a simple theory where the electron to proton mass ratio $\mu =m_{e}/m_{p}$ is allowed to vary in space-time. In such a minimal theory only the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 John D Barrow , Joao Magueijo

The comparison of the Standard Cosmological Model (SCM) with astronomical observations, i.e. theory versus experiment, and with the Minimal Standard Model (MSM) in particle physics, i.e. theory versus theory, is discussed. The main issue of…

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