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We investigated a time-varying cosmological constant model using recent BAO measurements from DESI DR2, combined with Type Ia supernova samples (Pantheon$^{+}$, DES-Dovekie, and Union3) and CMB shift parameters, to constrain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-17 Himanshu Chaudhary , Ratul Mandal , Masroor Bashir , Vipin Kumar Sharma , Ujjal Debnath

We test the dynamical dark-energy $w_0w_a$CDM (CPL) framework against $\Lambda$CDM using CMB anisotropies and lensing together with DESI DR2, SDSS-IV, transverse/angular BAO (BAOtr), and Cepheid-calibrated PantheonPlus SN~Ia data. CPL…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Tengpeng Xu , Suresh Kumar , Yun Chen , Abraão J. S. Capistrano , Özgür Akarsu

We determine the best-fit values and confidence limits for dynamical dark energy parameters together with other cosmological parameters on the basis of different datasets which include WMAP9 or Planck-2013 results on CMB anisotropy, BAO…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 B. Novosyadlyj , O. Sergijenko , R. Durrer , V. Pelykh

Dark Energy is some of the weirdest and most mysterious stuff in the universe that tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe. Two commonly known forms of dark energy are the cosmological constant, a constant energy density…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-28 Ishwaree P. Neupane , Holly Trowland

We propose a model of a confining dark sector, dark technicolor, that communicates with the Standard Model through the Higgs portal. In this model electroweak symmetry breaking and dark matter share a common origin, and the electroweak…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-05-19 Matti Heikinheimo , Antonio Racioppi , Martti Raidal , Christian Spethmann , Kimmo Tuominen

We use the spherical collapse method to investigate the non-linear density perturbations of pressureless matter in the cosmological models with the extended quintessence as dark energy in the metric and Palatini formalisms. We find that for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-09 Yize Fan , Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu

The dark energy dominated warm dark matter (WDM) model is a promising alternative cosmological scenario. We explore large-scale structure formation in this paradigm. We do this in two different ways: with the halo model approach and with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Aurel Schneider , Robert E. Smith , Andrea V. Maccio , Ben Moore

Some remarkable examples of alternative cosmological theories are reviewed here, ranging from a compilation of variations on the Standard Model through the more distant quasi-steady-state cosmology, plasma cosmology, or universe models as a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 Martin Lopez-Corredoira , Louis Marmet

In this work we use cosmography to alleviate the degeneracy among cosmological models, proposing a way to parameterize matter and dark energy in terms of cosmokinematics quantities. The recipe of using cosmography allows to expand…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-23 Orlando Luongo , Giovanni Battista Pisani , Antonio Troisi

We introduce two three-parameter extensions of the minimal Akhtar-Hossain (mAH) dark energy parametrization, termed modified minimal AH (MmAH1 and MmAH2), which provide a smooth and bounded evolution of the dark energy equation of state…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-17 Sonej Alam , Md. Wali Hossain

The DESI Collaboration reports a significant preference for a dynamic dark energy model ($w_0w_a$CDM) over the cosmological constant ($\Lambda$CDM) when their data are combined with other frontier cosmological probes. We present a direct…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Dily Duan Yi Ong , David Yallup , Will Handley

The nature of dark energy is one of the big puzzling issues in cosmology. While $\Lambda$CDM provides a good fit to the observational data, evolving dark energy scenarios, such as the CPL parametrization, offer a compelling alternative. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-12 Mohammad Malekjani , Saeed Pourojaghi , Zahra Davari

In this study, we consider three dark energy models in which $\Lambda$ is not constant, but has a dynamic nature that depends on the Hubble parameter $H$ and/or its time derivative $\dot{H}$. We analyze the generalized running vacuum model,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Christine R. Farrugia , Joseph Sultana , Jurgen Mifsud

Over the last few years, a large family of cosmological attractor models has been discovered, which can successfully match the latest inflation-related observational data. Many of these models can also describe a small cosmological constant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-07-02 Yashar Akrami , Renata Kallosh , Andrei Linde , Valeri Vardanyan

In the last decades, a cosmological model that fits observations through a vast range of scales emerged. It goes under the name of ${\Lambda}$CDM. However, there are still challenging questions that remain unanswered by this model, such as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-25 Michele Mancarella

Keeping in mind the current picture of an accelerating and flat Universe, some specific dynamical models of the cosmological term $\Lambda$ have been selected for investigating the nature of dark energy. Connecting the free parameters of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Saibal Ray , Utpal Mukhopadhyay , Xin-He Meng

Given the persistence of various tensions in the "Cosmic Concordance" -- such as the "Hubble Tension", and possible departures from LambdaCDM time evolution -- seen from combinations of complementary data sets (e.g., Cosmic Microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Brett Bochner , Aiden Jin

The cosmological constant $\Lambda$ and cold dark matter (CDM) model ($\Lambda\text{CDM}$) is one of the pillars of modern cosmology and is widely used as the de facto theoretical model by current and forthcoming surveys. As the nature of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-08 Rubén Arjona , Alessandro Melchiorri , Savvas Nesseris

Recent results from the DESI collaboration suggest a preference for an evolving dark energy (DE) component rather than a cosmological constant, motivating the exploration of alternative models for the background expansion. These data also…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Mario A. Rodríguez-Meza , Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota , Tonatiuh Matos

Recent analyses from the DESI collaboration suggest that the dark energy density of the Universe may be decreasing with time, slowing the acceleration of the scale factor $a$. Typically these studies are performed assuming an ansatz for the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-17 James M. Cline , Varun Muralidharan