Dynamical Solution to the Problem of a Small Cosmological Constant and Late-Time Cosmic Acceleration
Cristian Armendariz-PiconSektion Physik, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 München, GermanyViatcheslav MukhanovSektion Physik, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 München, GermanyPaul J. SteinhardtDepartment of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests that most of the energy density of the universe consists of a dark energy component with negative pressure that causes the cosmic expansion to accelerate. We address why this component comes to dominate the universe only recently. We present a class of theories based on an evolving scalar field where the explanation is based entirely on internal dynamical properties of the solutions. In the theories we consider, the dynamics causes the scalar field to lock automatically into a negative pressure state at the onset of matter domination such that the present epoch is the earliest possible time consistent with nucleosynthesis restrictions when it can start to dominate.
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