2017/01/03 by Jibitesh Dutta, Wompherdeiki Khyllep, Nicola Tamanini · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #astro-ph.CO
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.95.023515
20 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables; accepted by Phys. Rev. D
arxiv created 2017/01/03 · arxiv updated 2017/02/01
We extend the dynamical systems analysis of Scalar-Fluid interacting dark energy models performed in C. G. Boehmer et al, Phys. Rev. D 91, 123002 (2015), by considering scalar field potentials beyond the exponential type. The properties and stability of critical points are examined using a combination of linear analysis, computational methods and advanced mathematical techniques, such as centre manifold theory. We show that the interesting results obtained with an exponential potential can generally be recovered also for more complicated scalar field potentials. In particular, employing power-law and hyperbolic potentials as examples, we find late time accelerated attractors, transitions from dark matter to dark energy domination with specific distinguishing features, and accelerated scaling solutions capable of solving the cosmic coincidence problem.