Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
On the Necessity of Phantom Fields for Solving the Horizon Problem in Scalar Cosmologies / D. Fermi, M. Gengo, L. Pizzocchero. - In: UNIVERSE. - ISSN 2218-1997. - 5:3(2019 Mar 11). [10.3390/universe5030076]
Abstract:
We discuss the particle horizon problem in the framework of spatially homogeneous and isotropic scalar cosmologies. To this purpose we consider a Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) spacetime with possibly non-zero spatial sectional curvature (and arbitrary dimension), and assume that the content of the universe is a family of perfect fluids, plus a scalar field that can be a quintessence or a phantom (depending on the sign of the kinetic part in its action functional). We show that the occurrence of a particle horizon is unavoidable if the field is a quintessence, the spatial curvature is non-positive and the usual energy conditions are fulfilled by the perfect fluids. As a partial converse, we present three solvable models where a phantom is present in addition to a perfect fluid, and no particle horizon appears.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
scalar field cosmologies; particle horizon; phantom field; quintessence
Elenco autori:
D. Fermi, M. Gengo, L. Pizzocchero
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