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Pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons (pNGBs) are naturally light spin-zero particles, which can be interesting dark matter (DM) candidates. We study the phenomenology of a pNGB theta associated with an approximate symmetry of the neutrino seesaw…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-29 Michele Frigerio , Thomas Hambye , Eduard Masso

An alternative dark energy description based on a generalized K-essence scenario is here explored. In particular, we consider a \emph{quasi-quintessence} and/or \emph{quasi-phantom} field, whose pressure does not depend on the kinetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-19 Anna Chiara Alfano , Youri Carloni

The Peccei Quinn (PQ) solution of the strong CP problem requires the existence of axions, which are a viable candidate for Dark Matter. Here we show that, if the Nambu Goldstone potential of the PQ model is replaced by a potential V(|\Phi|)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Roberto Mainini , Silvio A. Bonometto

Dynamical dark energy has gained renewed interest due to recent theoretical and observational developments. In the present paper, we focus on a string-motivated dark energy set-up, and perform a detailed cosmological analysis of exponential…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-04 Sukannya Bhattacharya , Giulia Borghetto , Ameek Malhotra , Susha Parameswaran , Gianmassimo Tasinato , Ivonne Zavala

Given a class of dark energy models, constraints from one set of cosmic acceleration observables make predictions for other observables. Here we present the allowed ranges for the expansion rate H(z), distances D(z), and the linear growth…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-23 Michael J. Mortonson , Wayne Hu , Dragan Huterer

Dynamical dark energy has been recently suggested as a promising and physical way to solve the 3.4 sigma tension on the value of the Hubble constant $H_0$ between the direct measurement of Riess et al. (2016) (R16, hereafter) and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-24 Eleonora Di Valentino , Alessandro Melchiorri , Eric V. Linder , Joseph Silk

An early dark energy component consisting of a cosmic pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson has been recently proposed to resolve the Hubble tension -- the four-sigma discrepancy between precision measurements of the expansion rate of the universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Ludovico M. Capparelli , Robert R. Caldwell , Alessandro Melchiorri

We propose a scenario in which dark energy and dark matter are described in a unified manner. The ultralight pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone (pNG) boson, A, naturally explains the observed magnitude of dark energy, while the bosonic supersymmetry…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-05 Fuminobu Takahashi , T. T. Yanagida

We examine data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration which has implications for the nature of dark energy. We consider classes of models that manifestly obey the null energy condition, with a focus on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-22 Zahra Bayat , Mark P. Hertzberg

We present a model-independent reconstruction of the quintessence scalar field's dynamics-both its potential and kinetic energy-directly from the latest cosmological observations. Our analysis combines DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Shengjia Wang , Tian-Nuo Li , Tonghua Liu , Guo-Hong Du

We perform a comprehensive study of a class of dark energy models - scalar field models where the effective potential can be described by a polynomial series - exploring their dynamical behavior using the method of flow equations that has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dragan Huterer , Hiranya V. Peiris

We investigate the potential of a future supernovae data set, as might be obtained by the proposed SNAP satellite, to discriminate between two possible explanations for the observed dimming of the high redshift type IA supernovae, namely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. C. C. Ng , D. L. Wiltshire

The equation of state of the hypothetical dark energy component, which constitutes about two thirds of the critical density of the universe, may be very different from that of a cosmological constant. Employing a phenomenological model, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-09 Wolung Lee , Kin-Wang Ng

Recent cosmological observations, including the latest Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) data releases DR1 and DR2, have renewed interest in the possibility that dark energy may exhibit dynamical behavior rather than being a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Redouane El Ouardi , Amine Bouali , Ahmed Errahmani , Ryan E. Keeley , Arman Shafieloo , Taoufik Ouali

Quintessence has been introduced as an alternative to the cosmological constant scenario to account for the current acceleration of the universe. This new dark energy component allows values of the equation of state parameter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 P. S. Corasaniti , E. J. Copeland

Recently, there has been considerable debate regarding potential evidence for the dynamical nature of dark energy (DE), particularly in light of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) measurements released by DESI survey. In this work, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-18 Mateus Scherer , Miguel A. Sabogal , Rafael C. Nunes , Antonio De Felice

This study explores a dark matter model in which a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson arises as a viable dark matter candidate from the spontaneous and soft breaking of global $\mathrm{U}(1)$ symmetries and stabilized by a residual $\mathbb{Z}_3$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-07 Riasat Sheikh , Takashi Toma , Koji Tsumura

We consider the effect of future dark energy experiments on ``Albrecht-Skordis'' (AS) models of scalar field dark energy using the Monte-Carlo Markov chain method. We deal with the issues of parameterization of these models, and have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-08 Michael Barnard , Augusta Abrahamse , Andreas Albrecht , Brandon Bozek , Mark Yashar

We study the models with radiative neutrino mass generation and explore the relation between the neutrino masses and dark energy. In these models, the pseudo-Nambu-Goldston bosons (pNGBs) arise at two-loop level via the Majorana neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-06 K. Bamba , C. Q. Geng , S. H. Ho

We construct composite and partially composite Higgs models with complex pseudo-Nambu--Goldstone (pNGB) dark matter states from four-dimensional gauge-Yukawa theories with strongly interacting fermions. The fermions are partially gauged…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-02-01 Tommi Alanne , Diogo Buarque Franzosi , Mads T. Frandsen , Martin Rosenlyst