Canonical and phantom scalar fields as an interaction of two perfect fluids

preprint2013arXivOpen access

Abstract

In this article we investigate and develop specific aspects of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) scalar field cosmologies related to the interpretation that canonical and phantom scalar field sources may be interpreted as cosmological configurations with a mixture of two interacting barotropic perfect fluids: a matter component ρ1(t)ρ_1(t) with a stiff equation of state (p1=ρ1p_1=ρ_1), and an "effective vacuum energy" ρ2(t)ρ_2(t) with a cosmological constant equation of state (p2=−ρ2p_2=-ρ_2). An important characteristic of this alternative equivalent formulation in the framework of interacting cosmologies is that it gives, by choosing a suitable form of the interacting term QQ, an approach for obtaining exact and numerical solutions. The choice of QQ merely determines a specific scalar field with its potential, thus allowing to generate closed, open and flat FRW scalar field cosmologies.

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