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In this work we perform some studies related to dark energy. Firstly, we propose a dynamical approach to explain the dark energy contents of the universe. We assume that a massless scalar field couples to the Hubble parameter with some Planck-mass suppressed interactions. This scalar field develops a Hubble parameter-dependent (thus time-dependent) vacuum expectation value, which renders a time-independent relative density for the dark energy and thus can explain the coincidence of the dark energy density of the universe. Furthermore, we assume that the dark matter particle is metastable and decays very late into the dark energy scalar field. Such a conversion of matter to dark energy can give an explanation for the starting time of the accelerating expansion of the universe. Secondly, we introduce multiple Affleck-Dine fields to the landscape scenario of dark energy in order to have the required baryon-asymmetrical universe.
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Wang, F., Yang, J.M. Some studies on dark energy related problems. Eur. Phys. J. C 45, 815–818 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02457-8
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