Tachyon Scalar Field Cosmology

In this work we test a cosmological model with an interaction between dark energy and dark matter, where a tachyon scalar field plays the role of dark energy. With that in mind, we developed a numerical code that solves the background equations and extracts the cosmological parameters and we compare...

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Autor: Castro, Fábio Chibana de
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:teses.usp.br:tde-17052017-063702
Acceso en línea:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-17052017-063702/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cosmologia
Cosmology
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Energia Escura
Matéria Escura
Tachyon
Táquion.
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Sumario:In this work we test a cosmological model with an interaction between dark energy and dark matter, where a tachyon scalar field plays the role of dark energy. With that in mind, we developed a numerical code that solves the background equations and extracts the cosmological parameters and we compared the results of the interacting tachyon model with those of other dark energy candidates. Our results show that the model indeed explains the observational data and has interesting cosmological properties, but might face challenges when compared to other dark energy candidates.