TY - JOUR
T1 - A tracker solution to the cold dark matter cosmic coincidence problem
AU - Zlatev, Ivaylo
AU - Steinhardt, Paul J.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Recently, we introduced the notion of "tracker fields," aformof quintessence which has an attractor-like solution. Using this concept, we showed how to construct models in which the ratio of qui ntessence to matter densities today is independent of initial conditions. Here we apply the same idea to the standard cold dark matter component in cases where it is composed of oscillating fields. Combining these ideas, we can construct a model in which quintessence, cold dark matter, and ordinary matter all contribute comparable amounts to the total energy density today irrespective of initial conditions.
AB - Recently, we introduced the notion of "tracker fields," aformof quintessence which has an attractor-like solution. Using this concept, we showed how to construct models in which the ratio of qui ntessence to matter densities today is independent of initial conditions. Here we apply the same idea to the standard cold dark matter component in cases where it is composed of oscillating fields. Combining these ideas, we can construct a model in which quintessence, cold dark matter, and ordinary matter all contribute comparable amounts to the total energy density today irrespective of initial conditions.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00707-8
DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00707-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001595884
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 459
SP - 570
EP - 574
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 4
ER -