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Dark energy might interact with dark matter in a direct, non-gravitational way, which can help remedy several theoretical defects. In order to find out the properties of interacting dark energy models, it is necessary to investigate the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Ji-Ping Dai , Junqing Xia

We consider a self-consistent and physical approach to interacting dark energy models described by a Lagrangian, and identify a new class of models with variable dark energy sound speed. We show that if the interaction between dark energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-18 Mark S. Linton , Alkistis Pourtsidou , Robert Crittenden , Roy Maartens

The $\Lambda$CDM model faces significant challenges, including an incomplete understanding of the dark sector and persistent tensions in the Hubble constant and the clustering amplitude. To address these issues, we propose a general…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-09 Pulkit Bansal , Joseph P. Johnson , S. Shankaranarayanan

Cosmological models involving an interaction between dark matter and dark energy have been proposed in order to solve the so-called coincidence problem. Different forms of coupling have been studied, but there have been claims that…

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

The description of dark matter as a pressure-less fluid and of dark energy as a cosmological constant, both minimally coupled to gravity, constitutes the basis of the concordance $\Lambda\text{CDM}$ model. However, the concordance model is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-27 Amin Aboubrahim , Pran Nath

We consider the impact of dynamical dark energy (DDE) in the possible solution of the existing tensions in the $\Lambda$CDM. We test both interacting and non-interacting DE models with dark matter (DM). Among the former, the running vacuum…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-26 Joan Sola , A. Gomez-Valent , J. de Cruz Perez

We reconsider the dynamics of the Universe in the presence of interactions in the cosmological dark sector. A class of interacting models is introduced via a real function $f\left(r\right)$ of the ratio $r$ between the energy densities of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 R. von Marttens , L. Casarini , D. F. Mota , W. Zimdahl

We apply the interacting parametrized post-Friedmann (IPPF) method to a coupled dark energy model where the interaction is proportional to dark matter density at background level. In doing so, we perform a Markov Chain Monte-Carlo analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-18 Martín G. Richarte , Lixin Xu

In this study, cosmological models are considered, where dark matter and dark energy are coupled and may exchange energy through non-gravitational interactions with one other. These interacting dark energy (IDE) models have previously been…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-23 Marcel A. van der Westhuizen , Amare Abebe

The coupled dark energy model provides a possible approach to mitigate the coincidence problem of cosmological standard model. Here, the coupling term is assumed as $\bar{Q}=3H\xi_x\bar{\rho}_x$, which is related to the interaction rate and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-11 Weiqiang Yang , Hang Li , Yabo Wu , Jianbo Lu

Models of interacting dark radiation have been shown to alleviate the Hubble tension. Extensions incorporating a coupling between dark matter and dark radiation (DM-DR) have been proposed as combined solutions to both the Hubble and $S_8$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-13 Hengameh Bagherian , Melissa Joseph , Martin Schmaltz , Eashwar N. Sivarajan

A recent observation points to an excess in the expected 21-cm brightness temperature from cosmic dawn. In this paper, we present an alternative explanation of this phenomenon, an interaction in the dark sector. Interacting dark energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-21 Andre A. Costa , Ricardo C. G. Landim , Bin Wang , E. Abdalla

We explore the role of redshift-space galaxy clustering data in constraining non-gravitational interactions between dark energy (DE) and dark matter (DM), for which state-of-the-art limits have so far been obtained from late-time background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-10 Rafael C Nunes , Sunny Vagnozzi , Suresh Kumar , Eleonora Di Valentino , Olga Mena

In this paper, we introduce two coupling models of early dark energy (EDE) and cold dark matter aimed at alleviating cosmological tensions. We utilize the EDE component in the coupling models to relieve the Hubble tension, while leveraging…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-24 Gang Liu , Jiaze Gao , Yufen Han , Yuhao Mu , Lixin Xu

We test the models of vacuum energy interacting with cold dark matter and try to probe the possible deviation from the $\Lambda$CDM model using current observations. We focus on two specific models, $Q=3\beta H\rho_{\Lambda}$ and $Q=3\beta…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-15 Yun-He Li , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

A pressureless dark matter component fits well with several cosmological observations. However, there are indications that cold dark matter may encounter challenges in explaining observations at small scales, particularly at galactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-17 Weiqiang Yang , Supriya Pan , Eleonora Di Valentino , Olga Mena , David F. Mota , Subenoy Chakraborty

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

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

Recent DESI baryon acoustic oscillation data reveal deviations from $\Lambda$CDM cosmology, conventionally attributed to dynamical dark energy (DE). We demonstrate that these deviations are equally, if not better, explained by interactions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-13 Tian-Nuo Li , William Giarè , Guo-Hong Du , Yun-He Li , Eleonora Di Valentino , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang