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We propose a logarithmic parametrization form of energy density for the scalar field dark energy in the framework of the standard theory of gravity, which supports the necessary transition from the decelerated to the accelerated behavior of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-31 Dan Wang , M. Koussour , Adnan Malik , N. Myrzakulov , G. Mustafa

The explanation of the accelerated expansion of the Universe poses one of the most fundamental questions in physics and cosmology today. If the acceleration is driven by some form of dark energy, one can try to constrain the parameters…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Marek Demianski , Ester Piedipalumbo , Claudio Rubano , Paolo Scudellaro

Major observational efforts in the coming decade are designed to probe the equation of state of dark energy. Measuring a deviation of the equation-of-state parameter w from -1 would indicate a dark energy that cannot be represented solely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-12 Alan Cooney , Simon DeDeo , Dimitrios Psaltis

Perhaps the most explored hypothesis for the accelerated cosmic expansion rate arises in the context of extra fields or modifications to General Relativity. A prevalent approach is to parameterize the expansion history through the equation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-14 Mariana Jaber , Gustavo Arciniega , Luisa G. Jaime , Omar A. Rodríguez-López

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

We examine the validity of the $\Lambda$CDM model, and probe for the dynamics of dark energy using latest astronomical observations. Using the $Om(z)$ diagnosis, we find that different kinds of observational data are in tension within the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-14 Yuecheng Zhang , Hanyu Zhang , Dandan Wang , Yanghan Qi , Yuting Wang , Gong-Bo Zhao

A simple speed-up cosmology model is proposed to account for the dark energy puzzle. We condense contributions from dark energy and curvature term into one effective parameter in order to reduce parameter degeneracies and to find any…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-10 Xin-He Meng , Meng Su , Zheng Wang

The cosmological constant, which was introduced by Einstein a century ago to allow for a static universe, experienced a revival two decades ago under the label dark energy as a parameter to model the observed accelerated expansion of the…

General Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 Jan O. Stenflo

The current paper provides a comprehensive examination of a dark energy cosmological model in the classical regime, in which a generic scalar field is regarded as a dark energy source. Einstein's field equations are solved in model…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 Ritika Nagpal , Shibesh Kumar Jas Pacif , Abhishek Parida

We revisit the evolution of cosmic acceleration in a spatially flat $w_0w_a$CDM universe, in which the equation of state of dark energy takes the CPL parametrization, using the latest baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-12 Jincheng Wang , Hongwei Yu , Puxun Wu

Observational constraints are considered on a $w_{log}$CDM model of the dark energy equation of state, $w_{d}(z) = w_{0} + w_{a}\left( \frac{\ln(2+z)}{1+z} - \ln 2 \right)$, using the most recent cosmological datasets including DESI Baryon…

General Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Saurabh Verma , Archana Dixit , Anirudh Pradhan , M. S. Barak

We put forward a pressure-parametric model to study the tiny deviation from cosmological constant(CC) behavior of the dark sector accelerating the expansion of the Universe. Data from cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies, baryonic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Yan-Hong Yao , Xin-He Meng

Context. Explaining the accelerated expansion of the Universe is one of the fundamental challenges in physics today. Cosmography provides information about the evolution of the universe derived from measured distances, assuming only that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Marek Demianski , Ester Piedipalumbo , Disha Sawant , Lorenzo Amati

Recently, some divergent conclusions about cosmic acceleration were obtained using type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), with opposite assumptions on the intrinsic luminosity evolution. In this paper, we use strong gravitational lensing systems to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Z. L. Tu , J. Hu , F. Y. Wang

Perhaps the deepest mystery of our accelerating Universe in expansion is the existence of a tiny and rigid cosmological constant, $\Lambda$. Its size is many orders of magnitude below the expected one in the standard model of particle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-03 Joan Sola , Adria Gomez-Valent

We investigate the prospects for determining the accelerating history of the Universe from upcoming measurements of the expansion rate $H(z)$. In our analyses, we use Monte Carlo simulations based on $w$CDM models to generate samples with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-22 J. C. Carvalho , J. S. Alcaniz

Expansion dynamics of the Universe is one of the important subjects in modern cosmology. The dark energy equation of state determines this dynamics so that the Universe is in an accelerating phase. However, the dark matter can also affect…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-08 Zeinab Rezaei

The presence of dark energy in the Universe is inferred directly from the accelerated expansion of the Universe, and indirectly, from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy. Dark energy contributes about 2/3 of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dragan Huterer , Michael S. Turner

The presence of dark energy in the Universe is inferred directly from the accelerated expansion of the Universe, and indirectly, from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy. Dark energy contributes about 2/3 of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Dragan Huterer , Michael S. Turner

A measurement of the expansion rate of the Universe (that is the Hubble constant, H0) is derived here using the gamma-ray attenuation observed in the spectra of gamma-ray sources produced by the interaction of extragalactic gamma-ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 A. Domínguez , F. Prada