Cosmological constant and vacuum energy: old and new ideas

J Sola - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmological constant (CC) term in Einstein's equations, Λ, was first associated to the
idea of vacuum energy density. Notwithstanding, it is well-known that there is a huge, in fact …

Running Vacuum in the Universe: Phenomenological Status in Light of the Latest Observations, and Its Impact on the σ8 and H0 Tensions

J Solà Peracaula, A Gómez-Valent, J de Cruz Pérez… - Universe, 2023 - mdpi.com
A substantial body of phenomenological and theoretical work over the last few years
strengthens the possibility that the vacuum energy density (VED) of the universe is …

Cosmological constant vis-à-vis dynamical vacuum: Bold challenging the CDM

J Sola - International Journal of Modern Physics A, 2016 - World Scientific
Next year we will celebrate 100 years of the cosmological term, Λ, in Einstein's gravitational
field equations, also 50 years since the cosmological constant problem was first formulated …

Dark energy and gravity

T Padmanabhan - General Relativity and Gravitation, 2008 - Springer
I review the problem of dark energy focussing on cosmological constant as the candidate
and discuss what it tells us regarding the nature of gravity. Section 1 briefly overviews the …

Interaction in the dark sector: A phenomenological approach

ZC Santana Júnior, MO Costa, RFL Holanda, R Silva - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The nongravitational interaction between the dark components of the Universe could lead to
the variation of dark matter energy density standard evolution law. When we assume this …

Hubble expansion and structure formation in time varying vacuum models

S Basilakos, M Plionis, J Sola - … Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2009 - APS
We investigate the properties of the FLRW flat cosmological models in which the vacuum
energy density evolves with time, Λ (t). Using different versions of the Λ (t) model, namely …

Dynamical vacuum energy in the expanding Universe confronted with observations: a dedicated study

A Gómez-Valent, J Sola… - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite the many efforts, our theoretical understanding of the ultimate nature of the dark
energy component of the universe still lags well behind the astounding experimental …

Cosmologies with energy exchange

JD Barrow, T Clifton - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2006 - APS
We provide a simple mathematical description of the exchange of energy between two fluids
in an expanding Friedmann universe with zero spatial curvature. The evolution can be …

Expansion history with decaying vacuum: a complete cosmological scenario

JAS Lima, S Basilakos, J Solà - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We propose a novel cosmological scenario with the space–time emerging from a pure initial
de Sitter stage and subsequently evolving into the radiation, matter and dark energy …

Complete cosmic history with a dynamical Λ<? format?>=<? format?> Λ (H) term

ELD Perico, JAS Lima, S Basilakos, J Sola - Physical Review D—Particles …, 2013 - APS
In the present mainstream cosmology, matter and space-time emerged from a singularity
and evolved through four distinct periods: early inflation, radiation, dark matter, and late-time …