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Cosmological measurements suggest that our universe contains a dark energy component. In order to study the dark energy evolution, we constrain a parameterized dark energy equation of state $w(z)=w_0 + w_1 \frac{z}{1+z}$ using the recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Chengwu Zhang , Lixin Xu , Baorong Chang , Hongya Liu

Using late-Universe observations, we demonstrate that freeing dark energy and dark matter equations of state (EoS) dramatically alters the inferred strength and direction of their interactions. When dark sector EoS are fixed to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Peng-Ju Wu , Ming Zhang , Shang-Jie Jin

In the contemporary Cosmology, dark energy is modeled as a perfect fluid, having a very simple equation of state: pressure is proportional to dark energy density. As an alternative, I propose a more complex equation of state, with pressure…

General Physics · Physics 2009-11-04 Dragan Slavkov Hajdukovic

Null Energy Condition (NEC) requires the equation of state (EoS) of the universe $w_u$ satisfy $w_u\geq-1$, which implies, for instance in a universe with matter and dark energy dominating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-10-28 Taotao Qiu , Yi-Fu Cai , Xin-Min Zhang

We revisit a cosmological model where dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) follow barotropic equations of state, allowing deviations from the standard $\Lambda$CDM framework (i.e. $w_{dm} \neq 0$, $w_{de} \neq -1$), considering both flat…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Dorian Araya , Cristian Castillo , Genly Leon , Juan Magaña , Angie Barr Domínguez , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia

The presence of dark energy in the Universe is inferred directly from the accelerated expansion of the Universe, and indirectly, from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy. Dark energy contributes about 2/3 of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dragan Huterer , Michael S. Turner

Faced by recent evidence for a flat universe dominated by dark energy, cosmologists grapple with deep cosmic enigmas such as the cosmological constant problem, extreme fine-tuning and the cosmic coincidence problem. The extent to which we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Greg Huey , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Observing dark energy dynamics is the most important aspect of the dark energy research. In this paper we perform an analysis of the constraints on the property of dark energy from the current astronomical observations. We pay particular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jun-Qing Xia , Gong-Bo Zhao , Bo Feng , Hong Li , Xinmin Zhang

We find that the expansion of the universe is accelerating by analyzing the recent observation data of type $\textsc{I}a$ supernova(SN-Ia) .It indicates that the equation of state of the dark energy might be smaller than -1,which leads to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Zu-Yao Sun , You-Gen Shen

Astronomical measurements of the Omegas for mass density, cosmological constant lambda and curvature k are shown to be sufficient to produce a unique and detailed cosmological model describing dark energy influences based on the Friedman…

General Physics · Physics 2010-01-14 James G. Gilson

The dynamics of the Universe is analyzed using an exponential function for the dark energy equation of state, known as Gong-Zhang parameterization. The phase space of the free parameters presented in the model is constrained using Cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-19 Mónica N. Castillo-Santos , A. Hernández-Almada , Miguel A. García-Aspeitia , Juan Magaña

A new bound dark energy, BDE, cosmology has been proposed where the dark energy is the binding energy between light meson fields that condense a few tens of years after the big bang. It is reported that the correct dark energy density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Rodger I. Thompson

Traditionally, inflationary models are analyzed in terms of parameters such as the scalar spectral index ns and the tensor to scalar ratio r, while dark energy models are studied in terms of the equation of state parameter w. Motivated by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Stéphane Ilic , Martin Kunz , Andrew R. Liddle , Joshua A. Frieman

A significant observational effort has been directed to unveil the nature of the so-called dark energy. However, given the large number of theoretical possibilities, it is possible that such a task cannot be performed on the basis only of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-12 R. Silva , R. S. Goncalves , J. S. Alcaniz , H. H. B. Silva

One of the most important and surprising discoveries in cosmology in recent years is the realization that our Universe is dominated by a mysterious dark energy, which leads to an accelerating expansion of space-time. A simple generalization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Baojiu Li , Ming-Chung Chu , Kai-Chung Cheung , Alfred Tang

The problem of dark energy arises due to its self-gravitating properties. Therefore explaining vacuum energy may become a question for the realm of quantum gravity, that can be addressed within string theory context. In this talk I…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Mersini , M. Bastero-Gil

We consider General Relativity with matter, radiation and a minimally coupled dark energy defined by an equation of state w. Using dynamical system method, we find the equilibrium points of such a theory assuming an expanding Universe and a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-01-30 Stephane Fay

The equation of state (EOS) of the dark energy is the key parameter to study the nature of the dark energy from the observation. Though the dark energy is found to be well consistent with the cosmological constant with a constant EOS of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-24 Shi Qi

We place, by the maximum likelihood method, constraints on a variable dark energy model with the equation of state $w=w_0/[1+b\ln (1+z)]^2$ using some recent observational data, including the new Sne Ia data from the SNLS, the size of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu

We apply the Bayesian concept of `evidence' to reveal systematically the nature of dark energy from present and future supernova luminosity distance measurements. We express the unknown dark energy equation of state w(z) as a low order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. D. Saini , J. Weller , S. L. Bridle