Inflation, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy in the String Landscape

Andrew R. Liddle and L. Arturo Ureña-López
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 161301 – Published 17 October 2006

Abstract

We consider the conditions needed to unify the description of dark matter, dark energy, and inflation in the context of the string landscape. We find that incomplete decay of the inflaton field gives the possibility that a single field is responsible for all three phenomena. By contrast, unifying dark matter and dark energy into a single field, separate from the inflaton, appears rather difficult.

  • Received 10 May 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.161301

©2006 American Physical Society

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Andrew R. Liddle1 and L. Arturo Ureña-López2

  • 1Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
  • 2Instituto de Física de la Universidad de Guanajuato, C.P. 37150, León, Guanajuato, México

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Vol. 97, Iss. 16 — 20 October 2006

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