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Coupled vacuum energy model producing endless alternated phases of accelerated and decelerated expansion

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We consider a flat Universe filled with a vacuum energy coupled to matter and radiation by respectively positive coupling functions $Q_m$ and $Q_r$. We require that these functions be such… Click to show full abstract

We consider a flat Universe filled with a vacuum energy coupled to matter and radiation by respectively positive coupling functions $Q_m$ and $Q_r$. We require that these functions be such as Universe exits from inflation to go to a radiation dominated epoch and allow to reproduce the observed $\Lambda CDM$ expansion after this last epoch. These requirements lead to some necessary constraints on the coupling functions. We then look at one of the simplest forms of $Q_m$ and $Q_r$ able to satisfy them. The cosmological model thus defined describes a Universe with an initial singularity and endless alternated periods of accelerated and decelerated expansion (one of them being our $\Lambda CDM$ Universe) unifying inflation and present time expansion acceleration.

Keywords: expansion; vacuum energy; accelerated decelerated; decelerated expansion; endless alternated

Journal Title: Physical Review D
Year Published: 2017

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