A new recipe for $$\Lambda $$ Λ CDM

Abstract It is well known that a canonical scalar field is able to describe either dark matter or dark energy but not both. We demonstrate that a non-canonical scalar field can describe both dark matter and dark energy within a unified setting. We consider the simplest extension of the canonical Lag...

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Main Authors: Varun Sahni, Anjan A. Sen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-04-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4796-7