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Observations from DESI DR2 are challenging the $\Lambda$CDM paradigm by suggesting that the equation-of-state parameter of dark energy evolves across $w = -1$, a phenomenon known as the Quintom scenario. Inspired by this development, we…

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The main aim of this work is to use a model-independent approach, along with late-time observational probes, to reconstruct the dark energy (DE) equation of state $w_{\rm DE}(z)$. Our analysis showed that, for a late time universe, $w_{\rm…

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We present updated constraints on cosmological parameters in a 12-parameter model, extending the standard six-parameter $\Lambda$CDM by including dynamical dark energy (DE: $w_0$, $w_a$), the sum of neutrino masses ($\sum m_{\nu}$), the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-19 Shouvik Roy Choudhury , Teppei Okumura

We investigate the possibility of phantom crossing in the dark energy sector and solution for the Hubble tension between early and late universe observations. We use robust combinations of different cosmological observations, namely the…

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Recent Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) measurements released by DESI, when combined with Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data from Planck and two different samples of Type Ia supernovae (Pantheon-Plus and DESY5) reveal a preference for…

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We critically examine the state of current constraints on the dark energy (DE) equation of state (EoS) $w$. Our study is motivated by the observation that, while broadly consistent with the cosmological constant value $w=-1$, several…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-22 Luis A. Escamilla , William Giarè , Eleonora Di Valentino , Rafael C. Nunes , Sunny Vagnozzi

We parameterize the equation of state of late-time dark energy as $w_{\mathrm{bin}}(z)$, with three redshift bins, characterized by a constant equation of state in each bin. Then, we constrain the parameters of the $w_{\mathrm{bin}}$CDM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Ye-Huang Pang , Xue Zhang , Qing-Guo Huang

While cold dark matter is widely supported by a range of cosmological observations, it encounters several difficulties at smaller scales. These issues have prompted the investigation of various alternative dark matter candidates, leaving…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Jian-Qi Liu , Yan-Hong Yao , Yan Su , Jia-Wei Wu

In observational cosmology, the dark energy density and equation of state are effective quantities reconstructed at the background level under a set of assumptions. These include the FLRW framework, the standard Friedmann equation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-27 Swagat S. Mishra

Dark energy models with a single scalar field cannot cross the equation of state divide set by a cosmological constant. More general models that allow crossing require additional degrees of freedom to ensure gravitational stability. We show…

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We investigate several phenomenological dark energy parameterizations using a joint analysis of late-time cosmological observations, including cosmic-chromatometer measurements of the Hubble parameter, DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillation…

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Motivated by recent results from the DESI collaboration, we explore two classes of quintessence models that can give rise to crossing of the dark energy equation of state through the ``phantom divide'' $w=-1$. These are models with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-26 Ruiqi Chen , James M. Cline , Varun Muralidharan , Benjamin Salewicz

In this paper we study the evolution of cosmological perturbations in the presence of dynamical dark energy, and revisit the issue of dark energy perturbations. For a generally parameterized equation of state (EoS) such as w_D(z) =…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Mingzhe Li , Yifu Cai , Hong Li , Robert Brandenberger , Xinmin Zhang

We investigate the possibility of crossing a phantom divide line in the extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity or the $f(Q)$ gravity, where $Q$ is the non-metricity. We study the cosmic evolution of the effective equation of state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-10 Simran Arora , P. K. Sahoo

We carry out an independent re-analysis of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) public dataset, focusing on extensions to the standard cosmological model, $\Lambda$CDM. Utilizing the dataset and Effective Field Theory (EFT)-based…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 Anton Chudaykin , Mikhail M. Ivanov , Oliver H. E. Philcox

This work is a comprehensive investigation of the Yang-Mills condensate (YMC) dark energy (DE) model, which is extended to include the 3-loop quantum corrections. We study its cosmic evolution and the possibility of crossing phantom divide…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Shuang Wang , Yang Zhang , Tian-Yang Xia

Recent analysis of the DESI Collaboration challenges the $\Lambda$-Cold Dark Matter ($\Lambda$CDM) model, suggesting evidence for a dynamic dark energy. These results are obtained in the context of generic parameterizations of the dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-21 Rayff de Souza , Gabriel Rodrigues , Jailson Alcaniz

We study the dynamical properties of dark energy based on a large family of PADE parameterizations for which the dark energy density evolves as a ratio between two polynomials in the scale factor of the universe. Using the latest…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 A. Mehrabi , S. Basilakos

Recent cosmological surveys have provided unprecedented datasets that can be used to reconstruct the history of the dark energy equation of state. In this work, a free-form "flexknot'' parameterisation is employed to represent $w(a)$ as a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 A. N. Ormondroyd , W. J. Handley , M. P. Hobson , A. N. Lasenby

The idea of composite dark energy (DE) is quite natural since on general grounds we expect that the vacuum energy density (associated with the cosmological term $\Lambda$) may appear in combination with other effective forms of DE, denoted…

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