2004/02/28 by Jingsong Liu
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.69.083504
published as Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 083504 · 10 pages, 7 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. D
arxiv created 2004/02/28 · openalex publication_date 2004/04/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Gauge invariant quintessence perturbations in the quintessence and cold dark matter model are investigated. For three cases of a constant equation-of-state (EOS) parameter, linear scalar field potential, and supergravity scalar field potential, their perturbation evolutions have a similar dependence on the EOS parameter and scale, but they have different sensitivity to the initial conditions due to the different shapes of the quintessence potential. They have a minor effect on primary cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies but change the secondary CMB effect in different ways. The first case is insensitive to initial quintessence perturbations and modifies only the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect within a factor of 2. The other two cases are sensitive to initial conditions at large scales and could affect the secondary CMB anisotropies drastically depending on how smooth the initial perturbations are. This makes it possible for future cosmological probes to provide constraints on quintessence properties.