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We perform a late-time cosmological study; we compare the performance of two Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI)-type k-essence scalar field extensions of the $\Lambda$CDM model to the standard framework and a wCDM scenario using the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-14 Samit Ganguly , Arijit Panda , Eduardo Guendelman , Debashis Gangopadhyay , Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Goutam Manna

We have shown that a scalar field can be used, employing Scherrer's k essence cosmological sound calculation, to model how we evolve from a dark matter- dark energy mix to a cosmological constant. Here, we are exploring what initiates the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. W. Beckwith

Early Dark Energy (EDE) is a prominent model to resolve the Hubble tension, which employs a dynamical axion with a periodic potential. In this work, we take first steps towards the embedding of this model into stable compactifications of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-02 Evan McDonough , Marco Scalisi

A phenomenological model is described for Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) evolution with dark energy an essential ingredient in the form of a $k-$essence scalar field. The following features of this evolution can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-11 Abhijit Bandyopadhyay , Debashis Gangopadhyay , Arka Moulik

Motivated by the holographic principle, it has been suggested that the Dark Energy (DE) density can be inversely proportional to the area $A$ of the event horizon of the universe. However, this kind of model would have a casuality problem.…

General Physics · Physics 2012-11-06 Antonio Pasqua , Mubasher Jamil , Ratbay Myrzakulov , Bushra Majeed

We study spatially flat isotropic universes driven by k-essence. It is shown that Friedmann and k-field equations may be analytically integrated for arbitrary k-field potentials during evolution with a constant baryotropic index. It follows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Luis P. Chimento , Alexander Feinstein

We present a complete analysis of the observational constraints and cosmological implications of our Bound Dark Energy (BDE) model aimed to explain the late-time cosmic acceleration of the universe. BDE is derived from particle physics and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Erick Almaraz , Axel de la Macorra

This work examines an early dark energy (EDE) scenario in the context of $F(R)$ gravity. EDE is introduced to alleviate the Hubble tension by temporarily injecting approximately $10\%$ of the energy fraction around the matter-radiation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-21 Hua Chen , Taishi Katsuragawa , Shin'ichi Nojiri , Taotao Qiu

Considering the general Lagrangian of k-essence models, we study and classify them through variables connected to the fluid equation of state parameter w_\kappa. This allows to find solutions around which the scalar field describes a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniele Bertacca , Sabino Matarrese , Massimo Pietroni

A minimal effective dark-energy framework - Quantum-Kinetic Dark Energy (QKDE) - is developed in which the scalar kinetic normalization carries a slow background time dependence through a covariantly completed clock field \chi such that K =…

General Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Daniel Brown

We consider the viability of dark energy (DE) models in the framework of the scalar-tensor theory of gravity, including the possibility to have a phantom DE at small redshifts $z$ as admitted by supernova luminosity-distance data. For small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Radouane Gannouji , David Polarski , Andre Ranquet , Alexei A. Starobinsky

There are many kinds of models which describe the dynamics of dark energy (DE). Among all we adopt an equation of state (EoS) which varies as a function of time. We adopt Markov Chain Monte Carlo method to constrain the five parameters of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 R. Ichimasa , E. P. B. A. Thushari , M. Hashimoto

The problem of dark energy can be roughly stated as the proposition and validation of a cosmological model that can explain the phenomenon of the accelerated expansion of the Universe. This problem is an open discussion topic in modern…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-19 Genly Leon

The analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data acquired by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and the large-scale ($\ell\lesssim1300$) Planck Telescope show a preference for the Early Dark Energy (EDE) theory, which was set…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-30 Weiyang Liu , Hu Zhan , Yan Gong , Xin Wang

We study the impact of an early dark energy component (EDE) present during big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) on the elemental abundances of deuterium D/H, and helium $Y_p$, as well as the effective relativistic degrees of freedom $N_{\rm…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-18 David McKeen , Afif Omar

The latest DESI DR2 results, when combined with other independent cosmological data on the Cosmic Microwave Background and supernovas, suggest a preference for dynamical dark energy. We propose a novel cosmological scenario, which features…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-19 Luis A. Anchordoqui , Ignatios Antoniadis , Niccolò Cribiori , Arda Hasar , Dieter Lust , Joaquin Masias , Marco Scalisi

The Brans-Dicke (BD) theory of gravity is taken as a possible theory of k-essence coupled to gravity. It then has been realized that the BD scalar field does indeed play a role of a k-essence, but in a very unique way which distinguishes it…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hongsu Kim

We investigate a k-essence field localized on the brane evolving linearly with the cosmological time for arbitrary kinetic functions and consider the atypical k-essence model for linear and nonlinear k-fields in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-25 Luis P. Chimento , Martín G. Richarte

We revisit the impact of early dark energy (EDE) on galaxy clustering using BOSS galaxy power spectra, analyzed using the effective field theory (EFT) of large-scale structure (LSS), and anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Tristan L. Smith , Vivian Poulin , José Luis Bernal , Kimberly K. Boddy , Marc Kamionkowski , Riccardo Murgia

In present research, we construct Kaniadakis holographic dark energy (KHDE) model within a non-flat Universe by considering the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) metric with open and closed spatial geometries. We therefore investigate cosmic…

General Physics · Physics 2022-04-19 Umesh Kumar Sharma , Vipin Chandra Dubey , A. H. Ziaie , H. Moradpour