Published April 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Dark energy and dark matter interaction in light of the second law of thermodynamics

  • 1. Instituto de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña (Chile)
  • 2. Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile)

Description

In the context of thermodynamics we discuss the way inevitable emerge an interaction between dark components, and in this way, provide a mechanism to understand the limits of the LCDM model and the class of interaction models between dark components. Using observational data we have tested two particular models of explicit interaction between dark components and reconstructed the evolution of temperatures for both components. We found that observations suggest the interaction exist with energy flowing from dark energy to dark matter. The best fit also suggest a phantom equation of state parameter for dark energy. We discuss the results having in mind the constraints imposed by thermodynamics.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6887-0

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1-10
ISSN
1434-6052

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