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The presented paper is a comprehensive analysis of two dark energy (DE) cosmological models wherein exact solutions of the Einstein field equations (EFEs) are obtained in a model-independent way (or by cosmological parametrization). A…

General Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 S. K. J. Pacif

We confront two types of phantom dark energy potential with observational data. The models we consider are the power-law potential, $V\propto {\phi}^{\mu}$, and the exponential potential, $V\propto \exp({\lambda}{\phi}/{M_P})$. We fit the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-03 Pao-Yu Wang , Chien-Wen Chen , Pisin Chen

The time evolution of the equation of state $w$ for quintessence models with a scalar field as dark energy is studied up to the third derivative ($d^3w/da^3$) with respect to the scale factor $a$, in order to predict the future observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-11 Yusuke Muromachi , Akira Okabayashi , Daiki Okada , Tetsuya Hara , Yutaka Itoh

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

Any Dark Energy (DE) or Modified Gravity (MG) model that deviates from a cosmological constant requires a consistent treatment of its perturbations, which can be described in terms of an effective entropy perturbation and an anisotropic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-26 Bjoern Soergel , Tommaso Giannantonio , Jochen Weller , Richard A. Battye

We study the dynamical aspects of dark energy in the context of a non-minimally coupled scalar field with curvature and torsion. Whereas the scalar field acts as the source of the trace mode of torsion, a suitable constraint on the torsion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-18 Sourav Sur , Arshdeep Singh Bhatia

In order to derive model-independent observational bounds on dark energy/modified gravity theories, a typical approach is to constrain parametrised models intended to capture the space of dark energy theories. Here we investigate in detail…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-03 Neel Shah , Kazuya Koyama , Johannes Noller

We present constraints on extensions of the minimal cosmological models dominated by dark matter and dark energy, $\Lambda$CDM and $w$CDM, by using a combined analysis of galaxy clustering and weak gravitational lensing from the first-year…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-11 DES Collaboration , T. M. C. Abbott , F. B. Abdalla , S. Avila , M. Banerji , E. Baxter , K. Bechtol , M. R. Becker , E. Bertin , J. Blazek , S. L. Bridle , D. Brooks , D. Brout , D. L. Burke , A. Campos , A. Carnero Rosell , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , A. Chen , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , J. DeRose , S. Desai , E. Di Valentino , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , S. Dodelson , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Elvin-Poole , A. E. Evrard , E. Fernandez , A. Ferté , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , D. W. Gerdes , T. Giannantonio , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , T. Jeltema , M. W. G. Johnson , M. D. Johnson , A. G. Kim , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , S. Lee , P. Lemos , C. D. Leonard , T. S. Li , A. R. Liddle , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , F. Menanteau , C. J. Miller , R. Miquel , V. Miranda , J. J. Mohr , J. Muir , R. C. Nichol , B. Nord , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , R. Rosenfeld , S. Samuroff , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , D. Scolnic , L. F. Secco , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , M. A. Troxel , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , N. Weaverdyck , R. H. Wechsler , J. Weller , B. Yanny , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz

We study the minimally and non-minimally coupled scalar field models as possible alternatives for dark energy, the mysterious energy component that is driving the accelerated expansion of the universe. After discussing the dynamics at both…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-03 Zahra Davari , Valerio Marra , Mohammad Malekjani

The interacting dark energy model could propose a effective way to avoid the coincidence problem. In this paper, dark energy is taken as a fluid with a constant equation of state parameter $w_x$. In a general gauge, we could obtain two sets…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-10 Weiqiang Yang , Lixin Xu

Despite the significant accomplishments of general relativity, numerous unresolved issues persist in our understanding of the cosmos. One of the most perplexing challenges is the ongoing accelerated expansion of the Universe, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-22 M. Koussour , N. Myrzakulov , Alnadhief H. A. Alfedeel , Amare Abebe

In this thesis we study some observational consequences of dark energy dominated cosmologies. After reviewing the main characteristics of quintessential models of dark energy, by using the SN Ia data and the position of the CMB peaks we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Pier Stefano Corasaniti

The new Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) DR2 results have strengthened the possibility that dark energy is dynamical, i.e., it has evolved over the history of the Universe. One simple, but theoretically well motivated and widely…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-14 Yashar Akrami , George Alestas , Savvas Nesseris

Recent findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), analyzed together with supernova observations and CMB measurements, provide statistically significant indications (at the 2-5$\sigma$ level) of a time-varying dark energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 Nandan Roy , Soumya Chakrabarti

The two most popular candidates for dark energy, i.e. a cosmological constant and quintessence, are very difficult to distinguish observationally, mostly because the quintessence field does not have sizable fluctuations. We study a scalar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Massimo Pietroni

This article discusses a dark energy cosmological model in the standard theory of gravity - general relativity with a broad scalar field as a source. Exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are derived by considering a particular form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-23 S. K. J. Pacif , Simran Arora , P. K. Sahoo

Classification of dark energy models in the plane of w and w', where w is the dark energy equation of state and w' its time-derivative in units of the Hubble time, has been studied in the literature. We take the current SN Ia, CMB and BAO…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-04 Chien-Wen Chen , Pisin Chen , Je-An Gu

Constraining the dark energy deceleration parameter is one of the fascinating topics in the recent cosmological paradigm. This work aims to reconstruct the dark energy using parametrization of the deceleration parameter in a flat FRW…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-26 Amine Bouali , Himanshu Chaudhary , Ujjal Debnath , Alok Sardar , G. Mustafa

We study the cosmological evolution of scalar fields that arise from a phase transition at some energy scale $\Lm_c$. We focus on negative power potentials given by $V=c\Lm_c^{4+n}\phi^{-n}$ and restrict the cosmological viable values of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. de la Macorra , C. Stephan-Otto

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