Impact of Collisional Matter on the Late-Time Dynamics of f(R,T) Gravity

• Main Authors: M. Zubair, Muhammad Zeeshan, Syed Sibet Hasan, V. K. Oikonomou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
• Series: Symmetry
• Subjects: f(R,T) gravity; ΛCDM model; dark energy; cosmological parameters
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/10/10/463

We study the cosmic evolution of non-minimally coupled f ( R , T ) gravity in the presence of matter fluids consisting of collisional self-interacting dark matter and radiation. We study the cosmic evolution in the presence of collisional matter, and we compare the results with those corresponding to non-collisional matter and the Λ -cold-dark-matter ( Λ CDM) model. Particularly, for a flat Friedmann–Lema i ^ tre–Robertson–Walker Universe, we study two non-minimally coupled f ( R , T ) gravity models and we focus our study on the late-time dynamical evolution of the model. Our study is focused on the late-time behavior of the effective equation of the state parameter ω e f f and of the deceleration parameter q as functions of the redshift for a Universe containing collisional and non-collisional dark matter fluids, and we compare both models with the Λ CDM model. As we demonstrate, the resulting picture is well accommodated to the latest observational data on the basis of physical parameters.