Testing cosmological structure formation in a Unified Dark Matter-Energy model with fast transition

Abstract

Unified Dark Matter-Energy models (UDM), a class of models where dark matter and dark energy exist as a single cosmological fluid, are an alternative approach to $\Lambda$CDM. In this work we focus on a model with a fast transition between dark matter-like and dark energy-like behaviour. The epoch and rapidity of the transition are the key features to enable the formation of structure in this model. We have studied its viability using CMB and Weak Lensing data with nested sampling inference methods. We found that the preferred region of the parameter space is the one with early and fast transition models, where it also lies the model's $\Lambda$CDM limit. Our study confirms that this UDM model is able to form cosmological structure compatible with the data used.