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Aetherizing Lambda: Barotropic Fluids as Dark Energy
Eric V. Linder, Robert J. Scherrer
We examine the class of barotropic fluid models of dark energy, in which the pressure is an explicit function of the density, p = f(ρ). Through general physical considerations we c…
Phantom Dark Energy Models with a Nearly Flat Potential
Robert J. Scherrer, A. A. Sen
We examine phantom dark energy models produced by a field with a negative kinetic term and a potential that satisfies the slow roll conditions: [(1/V)(dV/dphi)]^2 << 1 and (1/V)(d^…
Hilltop Quintessence
Sourish Dutta, Robert J. Scherrer
We examine hilltop quintessence models, in which the scalar field is rolling near a local maximum in the potential, and w is close to -1. We first derive a general equation for the…
Evolution of Oscillating Scalar Fields as Dark Energy
Sourish Dutta, Robert J. Scherrer
Oscillating scalar fields, with an oscillation frequency much greater than the expansion rate, have been proposed as models for dark energy. We examine these models, with particula…
Thawing quintessence with a nearly flat potential
Robert J. Scherrer, A. A. Sen
The thawing quintessence model with a nearly flat potential provides a natural mechanism to produce an equation of state parameter, w, close to -1 today. We examine the behavior of…
The Return of a Static Universe and the End of Cosmology
Lawrence M. Krauss, Robert J. Scherrer
We demonstrate that as we extrapolate the current CDM universe forward in time, all evidence of the Hubble expansion will disappear, so that observers in our "island universe" w…