Published January 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Constraints on a special running vacuum model

  • 1. National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Hsinchu, Taiwan (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (China)
  • 3. International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific, Beijing/Hangzhou (China)
  • 4. School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS (China)
  • 5. DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Description

We study a special running vacuum model (RVM) with Λ=3αH2+3βH04H20, where α, β and Λ0 are the model parameters and H is the Hubble one. This RVM has non-analytic background solutions for the energy densities of matter and radiation, which can only be evaluated numerically. From the analysis of the CMB power spectrum and baryon acoustic oscillation along with the prior of α>0 to avoid having a negative dark energy density, we find that α<2.83×104 and β=(-0.24.5+3.9)×104 (95% C.L.). We show that the RVM fits the cosmological data comparably to the ΛCDM. In addition, we relate the fluctuation amplitude σ8 to the neutrino mass sum Σmv.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7653-z

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
ISSN
1434-6052

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