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We perform the first test of dark matter (DM) stress-energy evolution through cosmic history, using cosmic microwave background measurements supplemented with baryon acoustic oscillation data and the Hubble Space Telescope key project data.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-10 Stéphane Ilić , Michael Kopp , Constantinos Skordis , Daniel B. Thomas

This article questions the common assumption of cold dark matter (DM) by exploring the possibility of a non-zero equation of state (EoS) without relying on any parametric approach. In standard cosmological analyses, DM is typically modeled…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Mazaharul Abedin , Luis A. Escamilla , Supriya Pan , Eleonora Di Valentino , Weiqiang Yang

The nature of Dark Matter (DM) remains mysterious despite the substantial evidence from astrophysical and cosmological observations. While the majority of DM in our universe is non-relativistic, collisionless and its equation of state (EoS)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-01 Zhong-Ming Xie , Yong Tang

In this paper, we loosen the zero equation of state of dark matter to a constant $w_{dm}$. By using the currently available cosmic observations which include the type-Ia supernovae, the baryon acoustic oscillation, the WiggleZ measurements…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-11 Lixin Xu , Yadong Chang

Dark matter (DM) as a pressureless perfect fluid provides a good fit of the standard $\Lambda$CDM model to the astrophysical and cosmological data. In this paper, we investigate two extended properties of DM: a possible time dependence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-31 Suresh Kumar , Rafael C. Nunes , Santosh Kumar Yadav

Although $\Lambda$CDM model is very successful in many aspects, it has been seriously challenged. Recently, warm dark matter (WDM) remarkably rose as an alternative of cold dark matter (CDM). In the literature, many attempts have been made…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 Hao Wei , Zu-Cheng Chen , Jing Liu

In this work, we propose a non-standard dark matter (NSDM) model in which the equation of state (EoS) of dark matter (DM) is parameterized as $w_{\rm dm} = w_2 a^2$, and this DM model is motivated by the idea that DM must become cold dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-23 Yan-Hong Yao , Yi-Hao Shen , Tian-Nuo Li , Guo-Hong Du , Yungui Gong

In this paper, we set the new limits on the equation of state parameter (EoS) of dark energy with the observations of cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) from Planck satellite, the type Ia supernovae from Pan-STARRS and the baryon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-15 Wei Zheng , Si-Yu Li , Hong Li , Jun-Qing Xia , Mingzhe Li , Tan Lu

While cold dark matter is widely supported by a range of cosmological observations, it encounters several difficulties at smaller scales. These issues have prompted the investigation of various alternative dark matter candidates, leaving…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Jian-Qi Liu , Yan-Hong Yao , Yan Su , Jia-Wei Wu

In this paper, the annihilation of dark matter $f_d\epsilon_0$ with nonzero equation of state $w_{dm}$ was studied by using the currently available cosmic observations which include the geometric and dynamic measurements. The constrained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Lixin Xu

In this study, we introduce a novel late-time effective dark energy model characterized by a quadratic equation of state (EoS) and rigorously examine its observational constraints. Initially, we delve into the background dynamics of this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 Hossein Moshafi , Alireza Talebian , Ebrahim Yusofi , Eleonora Di Valentino

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

We investigate potential deviations from cold dark matter (CDM) using the latest Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) measurements from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Analyzing DESI data alone constrains the dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 Utkarsh Kumar , Abhijith Ajith , Amresh Verma

The nature of dark matter remains one of the most fundamental and unresolved questions in modern cosmology. In most cosmological models, dark matter is typically modeled as pressureless dust with an equation of state (EoS) parameter $w_{\rm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-22 Tian-Nuo Li , Yi-Min Zhang , Yan-Hong Yao , Peng-Ju Wu , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

The nature of dark matter is increasingly constrained by cosmological data. In this paper, we examine the implications of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy limits on the density of cold dark matter under different theoretical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Melchiorri , J. Silk

We use large-scale cosmological observations to place constraints on the dark-matter pressure, sound speed and viscosity, and infer a limit on the mass of warm-dark-matter particles. Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-08 Martin Kunz , Savvas Nesseris , Ignacy Sawicki

We explore the cosmological constraints on the parameter w_dm of the dark matter barotropic equation of state (EoS) to investigate the "warmness" of the dark matter fluid. The model is composed by the dark matter and dark energy fluids in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-21 Arturo Avelino , Norman Cruz , Ulises Nucamendi

We consider the hypothesis that dark energy and dark matter are the two faces of a single dark component, a unified dark matter (UDM) that we assume can be modeled by the affine equation of state (EoS) $P= p_0 +\alpha \rho$, resulting in an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Amedeo Balbi , Marco Bruni , Claudia Quercellini

In this work, we explore the phenomenology of generalized dark matter (GDM) which interacts with photons ($\gamma$). We assume that DM establishes elastic scattering with $\gamma$ when it has already become nonrelativistic, otherwise the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Zhihuan Zhou , Gang Liu , Yuhao Mu , Lixin Xu

In this paper, we study a model which is composed by the cosmological constant and dark matter with nonzero equation of state parameter, which could be called as $\Lambda$wDM. In the synchronous gauge, we obtain the perturbation equations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-01 Weiqiang Yang , Lixin Xu
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