Quintessence in a quandary: prior dependence in dark energy models
The archetypal theory of dark energy is quintessence: a minimally coupled scalar field with a canonical kinetic energy and potential. By studying random potentials we show that quintessence imposes a restricted set of priors on the equation of state of dark energy. Focusing on the commonly-used para...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2014
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