Interacting generalized ghost dark energy in non-flat universe

We investigate the generalized Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) ghost model of dark energy in the framework of Einstein gravity. First, we study the non-interacting generalized ghost dark energy in a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) background. We obtain the equation of state parameter, $w_D=p/\rho$, the deceleration parameter, and the evolution equation of the generalized ghost dark energy. We find that, in this case, $w_D$ cannot cross the phantom line ($w_D>-1$) and eventually the universe approaches a de-Sitter phase of expansion $(w_D\rightarrow-1)$. Then, we extend the study to the interacting ghost dark energy in both a flat and non-flat FRW universe. We find that the equation of state parameter of the interacting generalized ghost dark energy can cross the phantom line ($w_D<-1$) provided the parameters of the model are chosen suitably. Finally, we constrain the model parameters by using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method and a combined dataset of SNIa, CMB, BAO and X-ray gas mass fraction.Comment: 14 Pages, 10figure

Quintessence reconstruction of interacting HDE in a non-flat universe

In this paper we consider quintessence reconstruction of interacting holographic dark energy in a non-flat background. As system's IR cutoff we choose the radius of the event horizon measured on the sphere of the horizon, defined as $L=ar(t)$. To this end we construct a quintessence model by a real, single scalar field. Evolution of the potential, $V(\phi)$, as well as the dynamics of the scalar field, $\phi$, are obtained according to the respective holographic dark energy. The reconstructed potentials show a cosmological constant behavior for the present time. We constrain the model parameters in a flat universe by using the observational data, and applying the Monte Carlo Markov chain simulation. We obtain the best fit values of the holographic dark energy model and the interacting parameters as $c=1.0576^{+0.3010+0.3052}_{-0.6632-0.6632}$ and $\zeta=0.2433^{+0.6373+0.6373}_{-0.2251-0.2251}$, respectively. From the data fitting results we also find that the model can cross the phantom line in the present universe where the best fit value of of the dark energy equation of state is $w_D=-1.2429$.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 1 tabl

QCD-Scale f(R) Theories: Local and Cosmological Constraints

In this Thesis we investigate the phenomenology of two QCD-scale modified gravity models. The first f(R) modified gravity model is the square-root modified model , which is motivated by q-theory. The second f(R) model which is investigated in this Thesis is a modified gravity model that is relevant in the high-curvature regime, motivated by the form of the one-loop effective action arising from gluons in curved spacetime