Toward a solution of the coincidence problem
Abstract
The coincidence problem of late cosmic acceleration constitutes a serious riddle with regard to our understanding of the evolution of the Universe. Here we argue that this problem may someday be solved—or better understood—by expressing the Hubble expansion rate as a function of the ratio of densities (dark matter/dark energy) and observationally determining the said rate in terms of the redshift.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- July 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.021302
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0806.2116
- Bibcode:
- 2008PhRvD..78b1302D
- Keywords:
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- 98.80.Es;
- 98.80.Bp;
- 98.80.Jk;
- Observational cosmology;
- Origin and formation of the Universe;
- Mathematical and relativistic aspects of cosmology;
- Astrophysics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, 5 figures. Key words: Cosmology, dark energy, coincidence problem. Slightly extended version of the paper published in Phys. Rev. D as rapid communication