Published May 31, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Theoretical limits on agegraphic quintessence from weak gravity conjecture

  • 1. Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004 (China)

Description

In this Letter, we investigate the possible theoretical constraint on the parameter n of the agegraphic quintessence model by considering the requirement of the weak gravity conjecture that the variation of the quintessence scalar field φ should be less than the Planck mass Mp. We obtain the theoretical upper bound n≤2.5 that is inconsistent with the current observational constraint result 2.637<n<2.983 (95.4% CL). The possible implications of the tension between observational and theoretical constraint results are discussed.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.04.067

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.04.067;
arXiv
arXiv:1005.2466v1;
PII
S0370-2693(10)00553-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
689
Journal Issue
4-5
Journal Page Range
p. 139-144
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42015148
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
GRAVITATION; MASS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PLANCK LAW; SCALAR FIELDS; WEAK INTERACTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MATTER

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