Constraints for the thawing and freezing potentials

Abstract

We study the accelerating present universe in terms of the time evolution of the equation of state $w(z)$ (redshift $z$) due to thawing and freezing scalar potentials in the quintessence model. The values of $dw/da$ and $d^{2}w/d{a}^2$ at scale factor of $a=1$ are associated with two parameters of each potential. For five type scalar potentials, the scalar fields $Q$ and $w$ as function of time $t$ and/or $z$ are numerically calculated under the fixed boundary condition of $w(z=0)=-1+\Delta$. The observational constraint $w_{obs}$ (Planck 2015) is imposed to test whether the numerical $w(z)$ is in $w_{obs}$. Some solutions show the thawing features in the freezing potentials. Mutually exclusive allowed regions in $dw/da$ vs. $d^{2}w/d{a}^2$ diagram are obtained in order to identify the likely scalar potential and even the potential parameters by future observational tests.

arXiv comment38 pages, 21 figures, 5 tables; added references in section 1 and 6

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