Published August 7, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Cosmology of nonlinear oscillations

Description

The nonlinear oscillations of a scalar field are shown to have cosmological equations of state with w=p/ρ ranging from -1<w<1. We investigate the possibility that the dark energy is due to such oscillations

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2003.05.001;
arXiv
arXiv:astro-ph/0305096v2;
PII
S0370269303009195;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
567
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 9-11
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37105822
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; OSCILLATIONS; SCALAR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; MATTER

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.