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Quintessence: A Review

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Quintessence is a canonical scalar field introduced to explain the late-time cosmic acceleration. The cosmological dynamics of quintessence is reviewed, paying particular attention to the evolution of the dark energy equation of state w. For the field potentials having tracking and thawing properties, the evolution of w can be known analytically in terms of a few model parameters. Using the analytic expression of w, we constrain quintessence models from the observations of supernovae type Ia, cosmic microwave background, and baryon acoustic oscillations. The tracking freezing models are hardly distinguishable from the LCDM model, whereas in thawing models the today's field equation of state is constrained to be w_0<-0.7 (95 % CL). We also derive an analytic formula for the growth rate of matter density perturbations in dynamical dark energy models, which allows a possibility to put further bounds on w from the measurement of redshift-space distortions in the galaxy power spectrum. Finally we review particle physics models of quintessence- such as those motivated by supersymmetric theories. The field potentials of thawing models based on a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson or on extended supergravity theories have a nice property that a tiny mass of quintessence can be protected against radiative corrections.

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Collider Probes of Dark Energy Microphysics

hep-ph · 2026-06-25 · conditional · novelty 6.5

Derivative couplings of a k-essence dark-energy scalar to a 2HDM+a pseudoscalar make the mediator’s invisible width and kinematics depend on the dark-energy sound speed c_s².

A solid unification of the dark sector

astro-ph.CO · 2026-06-25 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A generalized Chaplygin-type solid unifies dark matter and dark energy via an early pressureless phase transitioning to a late solid phase that supports acceleration and produces distinct low-redshift perturbation signatures.

Bounding axion dark energy

astro-ph.CO · 2026-04-10 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

An analytic bound on axion parameters in thawing quintessence is derived independently of initial conditions and used with cosmological observations plus quantum gravity constraints to exclude large regions of axion dark energy parameter space.

Phantom crossing from the Standard Model and General Relativity

astro-ph.CO · 2026-07-09 · conditional · novelty 5.0

Fermion-condensate vacuum energy plus Buchert backreaction from nonlinear structure formation yields a low-redshift phantom crossing consistent with DESI+CMB+SNIa data for a chosen backreaction density.

An Interplay Between Fractional Calculus and Holographic Dark Energy

gr-qc · 2026-06-21 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Introduces Fractional Holographic Dark Energy (FHDE) via fractionally corrected entropy from a modified Wheeler-DeWitt equation and studies its late-time cosmology, field reconstructions, and extensions to modified gravity theories.

Quintessential $\alpha$-attractors fit DESI

hep-th · 2026-06-01 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

α-attractor quintessence models approximate axion-like potentials and fit DESI dynamical dark energy data, preferring α of order 1 via a simple fa-α relation.

Domain-wall Quintessence

astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-19 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

A Hubble-scale domain wall quintessence model produces anisotropic expansion but is tightly constrained by Planck CMB quadrupole limits and supernova data to a negligible contribution, favoring standard LambdaCDM.

Dark energy from string theory: an introductory review

hep-th · 2026-03-26 · unverdicted · novelty 2.0

String theory imposes constraints on dark energy but permits various construction attempts for de Sitter vacua and single-field exponential quintessence models despite obstructions.

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  • Natural Phantom Dark Energy from a $\mathbb{Z}_N$--Axion hep-ph · 2026-07-07 · conditional · none · ref 27 · internal anchor

    A Z_N-symmetric multi-copy dark-QCD axion, broken by single-sector reheating, yields natural phantom-crossing dark energy with dark-pion DM in a viable parameter window.

  • Collider Probes of Dark Energy Microphysics hep-ph · 2026-06-25 · conditional · none · ref 101 · internal anchor

    Derivative couplings of a k-essence dark-energy scalar to a 2HDM+a pseudoscalar make the mediator’s invisible width and kinematics depend on the dark-energy sound speed c_s².

  • A solid unification of the dark sector astro-ph.CO · 2026-06-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 36 · internal anchor

    A generalized Chaplygin-type solid unifies dark matter and dark energy via an early pressureless phase transitioning to a late solid phase that supports acceleration and produces distinct low-redshift perturbation signatures.

  • Shadows of quintessence black holes: spherical accretion, photon trajectories, and geodesic observers gr-qc · 2026-03-10 · conditional · none · ref 16 · internal anchor

    Quintessence black holes produce observer-dependent shadow angular sizes, with infalling observers seeing smaller shadows than static ones, yielding stronger equation-of-state constraints from M87* observations.

  • Bounding axion dark energy astro-ph.CO · 2026-04-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 31

    An analytic bound on axion parameters in thawing quintessence is derived independently of initial conditions and used with cosmological observations plus quantum gravity constraints to exclude large regions of axion dark energy parameter space.

  • Phantom crossing from the Standard Model and General Relativity astro-ph.CO · 2026-07-09 · conditional · none · ref 7 · internal anchor

    Fermion-condensate vacuum energy plus Buchert backreaction from nonlinear structure formation yields a low-redshift phantom crossing consistent with DESI+CMB+SNIa data for a chosen backreaction density.

  • An Interplay Between Fractional Calculus and Holographic Dark Energy gr-qc · 2026-06-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 122 · internal anchor

    Introduces Fractional Holographic Dark Energy (FHDE) via fractionally corrected entropy from a modified Wheeler-DeWitt equation and studies its late-time cosmology, field reconstructions, and extensions to modified gravity theories.

  • Dissipative Dark Energy can explain the DESI phantom crossing astro-ph.CO · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 17 · internal anchor

    Weakly dissipative quintessence explains DESI phantom crossing in dark energy without pathological dynamics.

  • Quintessential $\alpha$-attractors fit DESI hep-th · 2026-06-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 9 · internal anchor

    α-attractor quintessence models approximate axion-like potentials and fit DESI dynamical dark energy data, preferring α of order 1 via a simple fa-α relation.

  • Domain-wall Quintessence astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 1 · internal anchor

    A Hubble-scale domain wall quintessence model produces anisotropic expansion but is tightly constrained by Planck CMB quadrupole limits and supernova data to a negligible contribution, favoring standard LambdaCDM.

  • Multi-component scalar fields and the complete factorization of its equations of motion hep-th · 2019-07-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 8 · internal anchor

    Extends the equivalence of second-order EOM to first-order Bogomolnyi equations from single real/complex scalars to arbitrary real multi-component scalar fields without fixing the Lagrangian.

  • Late-Time Cosmology and Structure Formation in Quadratic $f(Q)$ Gravity physics.gen-ph · 2026-06-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 119 · internal anchor

    Quadratic f(Q) gravity adds an H^4 term to the Friedmann equation and introduces a time-dependent G_eff that suppresses linear growth and halo abundance, offering a modified-gravity route to easing the S8 tension.

  • Can a late-time cosmological model based on baby universe absorption explain the z-variation of w? gr-qc · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 14 · internal anchor

    Baby-universe absorption model accounts for late-time acceleration and yields w(z) < -1 without a cosmological constant.

  • Extended Dark Energy analysis using DESI DR2 BAO measurements astro-ph.CO · 2025-03-18 · conditional · none · ref 159 · internal anchor

    Extended analysis of DESI DR2 data confirms robust evidence for dynamical dark energy with phantom crossing preference, stable under parametric and non-parametric modeling.

  • Dark Energy in the DESI Era: A Brief Review of Evidence, Beyond-$\Lambda$CDM Interpretations, and Tensions astro-ph.CO · 2026-06-20 · conditional · none · ref 42 · internal anchor

    DESI data hint that dark energy evolves (w0>−1, wa<0, phantom crossing) at 2.5–4.2σ, but the same expansion history can also be produced by interacting dark sectors, modified gravity, or non-cold dark matter.

  • Running Vacuum in the expanding Universe: a unified QFT paradigm for Inflation and Dark Energy gr-qc · 2026-06-03 · conditional · none · ref 51 · internal anchor

    QFT in FLRW spacetime yields a running vacuum energy density ρ_vac(H) that unifies mild dynamical dark energy today with H^4 inflation without an inflaton field.

  • Early- and Late-Time Modifications to $\Lambda$CDM: Implications for the Hubble Tension astro-ph.CO · 2026-05-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 95 · internal anchor

    An extended model with decaying dark matter around equality and w0 dark energy yields H0 ≈ 70 km/s/Mpc from Planck+ACT+DESI data, reducing Hubble tension to ~2.2σ while producing Bayesian evidence comparable to ΛCDM.

  • Dark energy from string theory: an introductory review hep-th · 2026-03-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 298 · internal anchor

    String theory imposes constraints on dark energy but permits various construction attempts for de Sitter vacua and single-field exponential quintessence models despite obstructions.