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Unifying dark energy and dark matter with a scalar field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2006

A. Arbey*
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon (CRAL), 9 avenue Charles André, 69561 Saint Genis Laval Cedex, France
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Abstract

The standard model of cosmology considers the existence of two components of unknown nature, “dark matter” and “dark energy”, which determine the cosmological evolution. Their nature remains unknown, and other models can also be considered. In particular, it may be possible to reinterpret the recent cosmological observations so that the Universe does not contain two fluids of unknown natures, but only one fluid with particular properties. After a brief review of constraints on this unifying “dark fluid”, we will discuss a specific model of dark fluid based on a complex scalar fluid.

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Research Article
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2006

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