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We explore an interacting dark sector model in trace-free Einstein gravity where dark energy has a constant equation of state, $w=-1$, and the energy-momentum transfer potential is proportional to the cold dark matter density. Compared to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-21 Yuejia Zhai , Marco de Cesare , Carsten van de Bruck , Eleonora Di Valentino , Edward Wilson-Ewing

We investigate an interacting dark energy model which allows for the kinetic term of the scalar field to couple to dark matter via a power-law interaction. The model is characterised by scaling solutions at early times, which are of high…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-06 Elsa M. Teixeira , Bruno J. Barros , Vasco M. C. Ferreira , Noemi Frusciante

In this paper, we introduce a new interacting mechanism within the dark sector, encompassing both dark energy and dark matter, while grounding our analysis in the familiar framework of the $\mathrm{\Lambda CDM}$ model augmented by baryons…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-13 Martín G. Richarte , Luiz F. Guimarães , Susana J. Landau , Júlio C. Fabris

We do a detailed analysis of a well-theoretically motivated interacting dark energy scalar field model with a time-varying interaction term. Using current cosmological datasets from CMB, BAO, Type Ia Supernova, $H(z)$ measurements from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 Trupti Patil , Ruchika , Sukanta Panda

This study investigates the potential of a cosmological model termed $\Lambda w$DM, in which a cosmological constant play the role of dark energy and dark matter is barotropic and has a constant equation of state parameter ($w_{\rm dm}$),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Yan-Hong Yao , Jian-Qi Liu

We examine the evolution of an inhomogeneous mixture of non-relativistic pressureless cold dark matter (CDM), coupled to dark energy (DE) characterised by the equation of state parameter $w<-1/3$, with the interaction term proportional to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-18 Germán Izquierdo , Roberto C Blanquet-Jaramillo , Roberto A Sussman

We study the cosmic evolution of an interacting scalar field radiation model, in which a minimally coupled scalar field exchanges energy with the radiation sector through an exponential coupling. Extending previous formulations, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Dorian Araya , Felipe Herrera , Nelson Videla

We investigate interacting scenarios which belong to a wider class, since they include a dynamical dark energy component whose equation of state follows various one-parameter parametrizations. We confront them with the latest observational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-20 Supriya Pan , Weiqiang Yang , Eleonora Di Valentino , Emmanuel N. Saridakis , Subenoy Chakraborty

We consider an interacting field theory model that describes the dark energy - dark matter interaction. Only for a specific interaction term, this interacting field theory description has an equivalent interacting fluid description. For…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-26 Joseph P Johnson , Archana Sangwan , S. Shankaranarayanan

Interacting dark energy-dark matter models have been widely analyzed in the literature in an attempt to find traces of new physics beyond the usual cosmological ($\Lambda$CDM) models. Such a coupling between both dark components is usually…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-17 Diego Álvarez-Ortega , Gonzalo J. Olmo , Diego Rubiera-García , Diego Sáez-Chillón Gómez

It is possible that there exist some interactions between dark energy (DE) and dark matter (DM), and a suitable interaction can alleviate the coincidence problem. Several phenomenological interacting forms are proposed and are fitted with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-25 Rong-Gen Cai , Qiping Su

In order to test if there is energy transfer between dark energy and dark matter, we investigate cosmological constraints on two forms of nontrivial interaction between the dark matter sector and the sector responsible for the acceleration…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-14 Shuo Cao , Nan Liang

Non-gravitational interaction between dark matter and dark energy has been considered in a spatially flat Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe. The interaction rate is assumed to be linear in the energy densities of dark…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-07 Supriya Pan , Jaume de Haro , Weiqiang Yang , Jaume Amorós

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

In this manuscript, we investigate late-time cosmology and the evolution of cosmic structures using an interacting dark fluid model in which dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) interact through a diffusive mechanism. To provide a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 Shambel Sahlu , Upala Mukhopadhyay , Remudin R. Mekuria , Amare Abebe

In this work we investigate the possibility that dark matter and (massive) neutrinos can interact via a simple, constant cross section. Building on previous numerical efforts, we constrain this model with CMB, BAO and, in particular,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Deanna C. Hooper , Matteo Lucca

In the present work, we study a cosmological model composed of a viscous dark matter interacting with decaying vacuum energy in a spatially flat Universe. In the first part, we find the analytical solution of different cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-27 Vinita Khatri , C. P. Singh , Milan Srivastava

We investigate the viability of a cosmological scenario with interacting dark sector, which can describe the coexistence between dark energy and dark matter. The model possesses an analytical solution for the Hubble function and we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 Shambel Sahlu , Andronikos Paliathanasis , Genly Leon , Amare Abebe

We propose a general class of interacting models in which the interaction between the CDM component and $\Lambda$ is parameterized by an arbitrary function of the cosmic scale factor $\epsilon(a)$. Differently from other dynamical $\Lambda$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 F. E. M. Costa , J. S. Alcaniz

We consider scalar field models of dark energy interacting with dark matter through a coupling proportional to the contraction of the four-derivative of the scalar field with the four-velocity of the dark matter fluid. The coupling is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-07 Jibitesh Dutta , Wompherdeiki Khyllep , Nicola Tamanini