Structure Formation and the Time Dependence of Quintessence

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27 July 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0107525

Abstract

We discuss the influence of dark energy on structure formation, especially the effects on \sigma_8. Our interest is particularly focused on quintessence models with time-dependent equation of state and non-negligible quintessence component in the early universe. We obtain an analytic expression for \sigma_8 valid for a large class of dark energy models. We conclude that structure formation is a good indicator for the history of dark energy and use our results to set constraints on quintessence models.

Keywords

NEGLIGIBLE QUINTESSENCE
QUINTESSENCE COMPONENT
STRUCTURE FORMATION
QUINTESSENCE MODELS
EARLY UNIVERSE
SIGMA_8 VALID
DARK ENERGY

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Version 1, 2001-07-27, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review D, 64 (12), 123520.

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