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We investigate the model of dark matter-dark energy (DM-DE) interaction with coupling strength proportional to the multiplication of dark sector densities with different power indices $Q = \gamma \rho_{\rm c}^{\alpha} \rho_{\rm d}^{\beta}$.…

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We discuss models of ultralight scalar Dark Matter (DM) with linear and quadratic couplings to the Standard Model (SM). In addition to studying the phenomenology of linear and quadratic interactions separately, we examine their interplay.…

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Since physics of the dark sector components of the Universe is not yet well-understood, the phenomenological studies of non-minimal interaction in the dark sector could possibly pave the way to theoretical and experimental progress in this…

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We provide a general framework for studying the dark energy cosmology in which a scalar field $\phi$ is nonminimally and kinetically coupled to Cold Dark Matter (CDM). The scalar-graviton sector is described by the action of Horndeski…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-18 Ryotaro Kase , Shinji Tsujikawa

In this work we study a phenomenological non-gravitational interaction between dark matter and dark energy. The scenario studied in this work extends the usual interaction model proportional to the derivative of the dark component density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-14 Josue De-Santiago , Iván E. Sánchez G. , David Tamayo

Interacting Dark Energy (IDE) models offer a promising avenue to explore possible exchanges of energy and momentum between dark matter and dark energy, providing a dynamical extension of the standard $\Lambda$CDM paradigm. Such interactions…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Emanuelly Silva , Gabriel Hartmann , Rafael C. Nunes

In this work, we present UV completions of the recently proposed number-changing Co-SIMP freeze-out mechanism. In contrast to the standard cannibalistic-type dark matter picture that occurs entirely in the dark sector, the $3\to 2$ process…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-28 Aditya Parikh , Juri Smirnov , Weishuang Linda Xu , Bei Zhou

In this article, we consider Dark Matter (DM) interactions and study the same in the light of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) data. In particular, we focus on the DM-electron interactions. Assuming that such interactions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-27 Rahul Dhyani , Arnab Paul , Arindam Chatterjee

We investigate the interaction between the dark sectors from the point of view of a dynamical system analysis. A general setup for interacting dark energy models that incorporates both quintessence and phantom fields through a switch…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-16 Chonticha Kritpetch , Nandan Roy , Narayan Banerjee

We investigate a class of interacting dark energy and dark matter (DM) models, where dark energy is modeled as a $k$-essence scalar field with an inverse-square potential. Two general forms of interaction are considered: one proportional to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Saddam Hussain , Qiang Wu , Tao Zhu

Early dark energy (EDE) is one of the most promising possibilities in order to resolve the Hubble tension: the discrepancy between early and late-Universe measurements of the Hubble constant. In this paper we propose a model of a scalar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-12 Lucy Brissenden , Konstantinos Dimopoulos , Samuel Sánchez López

In this paper, we investigate the momentum coupling between early dark energy (EDE) and cold dark matter to alleviate cosmological tensions. EDE has exhibited promising efficacy in addressing the Hubble tension, but it exacerbates the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-25 Gang Liu , Jiaze Gao , Yufen Han , Yuhao Mu , Lixin Xu

We investigate the observational viability of a class of interacting dark energy (iDE) models in the light of the latest Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), type Ia supernovae (SNe) and SH0ES Hubble parameter measurements. Our analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-10 Micol Benetti , Humberto Borges , Cassio Pigozzo , Saulo Carneiro , Jailson Alcaniz

We study the imprint of a coupling of scalar dark energy to photon on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. The time-evolving field value as well as the perturbation of the scalar generically induce $B$-mode polarization.…

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In the scalar theory of gravitation with a preferred reference frame, a consistent formulation of electrodynamics in the presence of gravitation needs to introduce an additional energy tensor: the interaction energy tensor. This energy is…

General Physics · Physics 2023-02-21 Mayeul Arminjon

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 study CMB constraints on a model with a cosmological constant and a fraction of dark matter non-minimally coupled to a massless scalar field. In this scenario, there is an extra gravity-like fifth force which can affect the evolution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Sophie C. F. Morris , Anne M. Green

From a variational action with non-minimal coupling with a scalar field and classical scalar and fermionic interaction, cosmological field equations can be obtained. Imposing a FLRW metric the equations lead directly to a cosmological model…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-29 Samuel Lepe , Javier Lorca , Francisco Peña , Yerko Vásquez

We propose to use dynamical symmetries of the field equations, in order to classify the dark energy models in the context of scalar field (quintessence or phantom) FLRW cosmologies. Practically, symmetries provide a useful mathematical tool…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 Andronikos Paliathanasis , Michael Tsamparlis , Spyros Basilakos

There is no unique way to describe the dark energy-dark matter interaction, as we have little information about the nature and dynamics of the dark sector. Hence, in many of the phenomenological dark matter fluid interaction models in the…

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