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Mónica I. Forte

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Modified holographic Ricci dark energy coupled to interacting dark matter and a non interacting baryonic component

We examine a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe filled with interacting dark matter, modified holographic Ricci dark energy (MHRDE), and a decoupled baryonic component.The estimations of the cosmic parameters with Hubble data lead to an age of the universe of $13.17 {\rm Gyr}$ and show that the MHRDE is free from the cosmic-age problem at low redshift ($0 \leq z \leq 2$) in contrast to holographic Ricci dark energy (HRDE) case. We constrain the parameters with the Union2 data set and contrast with the Hubble data. We also study the behavior of dark energy at early times by taking into account the severe bounds found at recombination era and/or at big bang nucleosynthesis. The inclusion of a non interacting baryonic matter forces that the amount of dark energy at $z_{t} \sim {\cal O}(1)$ changes abruptly implying that $Ω_x (z\simeq 1100) =0.03$, so the bounds reported by the forecast of Planck and CMBPol experiments are more favored for the MHRDE model than in the case of HRDE cutoff. For the former model, we also obtain that at high redshift the fraction of dark energy varies from 0.006 to 0.002, then the amount of $Ω_x $ at the big bang nucleosynthesis era does not disturb the observed Helium abundance in the universe provided that the bound $Ω_{x}(z\simeq 10^{10})<0.21$ is hold.

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Holographic dark energy interacting with dark matter

We investigate a spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmological model with cold dark matter coupled to a dark energy which is given by the modified holographic Ricci cutoff. The interaction used is linear in both dark energy densities, the total energy density and its derivative. Using the statistical method of $χ^2$-function for the Hubble data, we obtain $H_0=73.6km/sMpc$, $ω_s=γ_s -1=-0.842$ for the asymptotic equation of state and $ z_{acc}= 0.89 $. The estimated values of $Ω_{c0}$ which fulfill the current observational bounds corresponds to a dark energy density varying in the range $0.25R < \ro_x < 0.27R$.

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Holographic dark energy linearly interacting with dark matter

We investigate a spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmological model with cold dark matter coupled to a modified holographic Ricci dark energy through a general interaction term linear in the energy densities of dark matter and dark energy, the total energy density and its derivative. Using the statistical method of $χ^2$-function for the Hubble data, we obtain $H_0=73.6$km/sMpc, $ω_s=-0.842$ for the asymptotic equation of state and $ z_{acc}= 0.89 $. The estimated values of $Ω_{c0}$ which fulfill the current observational bounds corresponds to a dark energy density varying in the range $0.25R < \ro_x < 0.27R$.

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Can the conformal factor of the gravitational field be a physical degree of freedom?

The role of the conformal factor was analysed in two gauge-invariant perturbative formulations. Using the classical and quantum linearized perturbation approach given by Mukhanov et al \cite{Mukhanov:1990me}, the non-physical behaviour of the conformal perturbation as an isolated degree of freedom is shown. In the quantum gravity context, the restriction to conformal perturbations gives us an incompatibility with the dynamical equations.

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