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Cosmological k-essence condensation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-08-23 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider a model of dark energy/matter unification based on a k-essence type of theory similar to tachyon condensate models. Using an extension of the general relativistic spherical model which incorporates the effects of both pressure and the acoustic horizon we show that an initially perturbative k-essence fluid evolves into a mixed system containing cold dark matter like gravitational condensate in significant quantities.

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@article{arxiv.1004.3141,
  title  = {Cosmological k-essence condensation},
  author = {Neven Bilic and Gary B. Tupper and Raoul D. Viollier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3141},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures, presented by NB at the conference Beyond 2010, Cape Town, 1-6 February 2010

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