Nonlinear Cosmology Program 2006 @ Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

Nonlinear Cosmology Workshop

Nice, January 25–27, 2006


Cosmology with Long Range Scalar Interactions

Adi Nusser

We lack direct experimental probes of physical forces in the dark sector. Can the anomalies present in the standard LCDM model be remedied by a modification of the physics of the dark sector? We discuss various scenarios in which long range scalar interactions can play a significant role in structure formation. In particular, simulations show that a long range scalar interaction with a Yukawa force law has many desirable features: it causes voids be more nearly empty, suppresses accretion onto galaxies at low redshift, and produces an early generation of dense dark matter halos.


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