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We perform multi-plane ray-tracing using the GLAMER gravitational lensing code within high-resolution light-cones extracted from the CoDECS simulations: a suite of cosmological runs featuring a coupling between Dark Energy and Cold Dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Carlo Giocoli , R. Benton Metcalf , Marco Baldi , Massimo Meneghetti , Lauro Moscardini , Margarita Petkova

We present strong evidence for dynamical dark energy that challenges the standard $\Lambda$CDM model. Several dark energy scenarios are explored, including $\omega_0\omega_a$CDM, logarithmic, exponential, JBP, and BA parameterizations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-18 Himanshu Chaudhary , Salvatore Capozziello , Subhrat Praharaj , Shibesh Kumar Jas Pacif , G. Mustafa

The \(w_{\dagger}\)VCDM framework provides a theoretically well-controlled extension of \(\Lambda\)CDM within the class of minimally modified gravity theories, allowing for flexible cosmological background evolution and linear perturbation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Artur Ladeira , Rafael C. Nunes , Supriya Pan , Weiqiang Yang

We provide a general framework for studying the evolution of background and cosmological perturbations in the presence of a vector field $A_{\mu}$ coupled to cold dark matter (CDM). We consider an interacting Lagrangian of the form $Q f(X)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-12 Shintaro Nakamura , Ryotaro Kase , Shinji Tsujikawa

The next generation of galaxy surveys will allow us to test some fundamental aspects of the standard cosmological model, including the assumption of a minimal coupling between the components of the dark sector. In this paper, we present the…

The present work deals with a kinematic approach to the modelling the late time dynamics of the universe. This approach is based upon the assumption of constant value of cosmological jerk parameter, which is the dimensionless representation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-12 Ankan Mukherjee , Narayan Banerjee

The Lambda-Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model agrees with most of the cosmological observations, but has some hindrances from observed data at smaller scales such as galaxies. Recently, Berezhiani and Khoury (2015) proposed a new theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-22 Shreya Banerjee , Sayantani Bera , David F. Mota

In the past decade or so observations of supernovae, Large Scale Structures (LSS), and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) have confirmed the presence of what is called dark energy - the cause of accelerating expansion of the Universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-14 Houri Ziaeepour

The holographic $\Lambda(t)$CDM model in a non-flat universe is studied in this paper. In this model, to keep the form of the stress-energy of the vacuum required by general covariance, the holographic vacuum is enforced to exchange energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-26 Jing-Fei Zhang , Yang-Yang Li , Ying Liu , Sheng Zou , Xin Zhang

We consider a generic description of interacting dynamical Dark Energy, characterized by an equation of state with a time dependent coefficient $w(t)$, and which may interact with both radiation and matter. Without referring to any…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-20 Marco Bonici , Nicola Maggiore

We investigate the spatial properties of the large scale structure (LSS) of the Universe in the framework of coupled dark energy (cDE) cosmologies. Using the public halo catalogues from the CoDECS simulations -- the largest set of N-body…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-22 Federico Marulli , Marco Baldi , Lauro Moscardini

We present a nonparametric approach to reconstruct the interaction between dark energy and dark matter directly from SNIa Union 2.1 data using Gaussian processes, which is a fully Bayesian approach for smoothing data. In this method, once…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-26 Tao Yang , Zong-Kuan Guo , Rong-Gen Cai

We discuss the dynamics of the universe within the framework of Massive Graviton Dark Matter scenario (MGCDM) in which gravitons are geometrically treated as massive particles. In this modified gravity theory, the main effect of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-13 S. Basilakos , M. Plionis , M. E. S. Alves , J. A. S. Lima

We take a phenomenological approach to study the cosmological evolution of decaying vacuum cosmology ($\Lambda(t)$CDM) based on a simple assumption about the form of the modified matter expansion rate. In this framework, almost all the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Peng Wang , Xin-He Meng

The theory of non-gravitational interaction between a pressure-less dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) is a phenomenologically rich cosmological domain which has received magnificent attention in the community. In the present article we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-05 Sudip Halder , Jaume de Haro , Tapan Saha , Supriya Pan

The possible interaction between the dark components of the Universe (dark matter and dark energy) stands as an attractive alternative to the standard $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model. In this work, we present a novel analysis of three…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-18 F. Villalobos , J. Magana , T. Verdugo

We investigate a class of interacting dark energy (IDE) models arising from density-driven spontaneous symmetry breaking in a conformally coupled scalar-tensor framework. In this construction, the dark matter-scalar interaction is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-27 Pradosh Keshav MV , NS Kavya , Kenath Arun

Weakly interacting cold dark matter (CDM) particles, which are otherwise extremely successful in explaining various cosmological observations, exhibit a number of problems on small scales. One possible way of solving these problems is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Atrideb Chatterjee , Pratika Dayal , Tirthankar Roy Choudhury , Anne Hutter

We study cosmological perturbations in the context of an interacting dark energy model, in which the cosmological term decays linearly with the Hubble parameter, with concomitant matter production. A previous joint analysis of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. A. Borges , S. Carneiro , J. C. Fabris , C. Pigozzo

Models of interacting dark energy (DE) and dark matter (DM) involving pure momentum exchange are a promising avenue for resolving cosmological tensions. However, the behaviour of these interactions in the theoretically challenging limit…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-15 Nathan Cruickshank , Robert Crittenden , Kazuya Koyama , Marco Bruni