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Tomasz Denkiewicz

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arXiv2025

Mass-to-Horizon Entropic Cosmology: A Unified Thermodynamic Pathway to Cosmic Acceleration

We investigate the observational tests of generalized mass-to-horizon entropic cosmology by incorporating large-scale structure growth data in addition to purely geometric probes. The theoretical framework is constructed from a generalized mass-to-horizon scaling relation, $M \propto L^n$, which implies a corresponding generalized entropic functional $S_n \propto L^{n+1}$. Within this setting, cosmic acceleration arises as an emergent phenomenon driven by an entropic force acting on the cosmological horizon. While earlier studies demonstrated that these entropic cosmologies can reproduce the background expansion history of the standard $\Lambda$CDM model, here we present a comprehensive observational analysis that jointly employs Pantheon+ Type Ia supernova data with SH0ES calibration, DESI DR2 baryon acoustic oscillation measurements, cosmic microwave background (CMB) distance priors, and a suite of cosmological structure growth observations. A Bayesian model comparison indicates that the entropic models are statistically preferred over the conventional $\Lambda$CDM scenario, thereby providing strong support for an entropic origin of the observed late-time cosmic acceleration in place of a fundamental cosmological constant.

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arXiv2025

Growth of Cosmic Structures in generalized mass-to-horizon relation Entropic Cosmology

We investigate the growth of cosmic structures in the thermodynamically consistent generalised mass-to-horizon entropic cosmology (MHEC). For the Bekenstein case the entropic energy density augments the Friedmann equations without modifying the Hawking temperature and automatically satisfies the Clausius relation, thereby avoiding the inconsistencies that afflicted earlier entropy-force models. We then derive the linear perturbation equations, emphasising the distinction between a fully perturbed interaction term and the common approximation in which the perturbation is neglected. Numerical solutions show that fully perturbed follows the LCDM matter-growth history within the current growth uncertainties. Our results demonstrate that MHEC matches both background and growth probes as well as LCDM without extra free parameters, providing a viable entropic explanation for recent accelerated expansion of the Universe.

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arXiv2023

Are we survivors of the sudden past singularity?

In this paper, we investigate the viability of cosmological models featuring a type II singularity that occurs during the past evolution of the Universe. We construct a scenario in which the singularity arises and then constrain the model parameters using observational data from Type Ia Supernovae, Cosmic Chronometers, and Gamma Ray Bursts. We find that the resulting cosmological models based on scenarios with the past type II singularity cannot be excluded by kinematical tests using current observations.

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arXiv2023

Barrow nearly-extensive Gibbs-like entropy favoured by the full dynamical and geometrical data set in cosmology

We apply the full set of most update dynamical and geometrical data in cosmology to the nonextensive Barrow entropic holographic dark energy. We show that the data point towards an extensive Gibbs-like entropic behaviour for the cosmological horizons, which is the extreme case of the Barrow entropy, with the entropy parameter being $Δ> 0.86$, close to the maximum threshold of $Δ=1$ where the fractal dimension of the area-horizon becomes almost or just the volume and the intensivity is recovered. Futhermore, we find that the standard Bekenstein area-entropy limit ($Δ= 0$) is excluded by the set of our data. This contradicts the bounds obtained recently from early universe tests such as the baryon asymmetry, the big-bang nucleosynthesis, and the inflation limiting $Δ< 0.008$ at the most extreme case.

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arXiv2019

Varying constants driven baryogenesis

We study the spontaneous baryogenesis scenario in the early universe for three different frameworks of varying constants theories. We replace the constants by dynamical scalar fields playing the role of thermions. We first obtain the results for baryogenesis driven by the varying gravitational constant, $G$, as in the previous literature, then challenge the problem for varying fine structure constant $α$ models as well as for varying speed of light $c$ models. We show that in each of these frameworks the current observational value of the baryon to entropy ratio, $η_B \sim 8.6 \cdot 10^{-11}$, can be obtained for large set of parameters of dynamical constants models as well as the decoupling temperature, and the characteristic cut-off length scale.

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arXiv2017

Scale-dependent perturbations finally detectable by future galaxy surveys and their contribution to cosmological model selection

By means of the present geometrical and dynamical observational data, it is very hard to establish, from a statistical perspective, a clear preference among the vast majority of the proposed models for the dynamical dark energy and/or modified gravity theories alternative with respect to the $Λ$CDM scenario. On the other hand, on scales much smaller than present Hubble scale, there are possibly detectable differences in the growth of the matter perturbations for different modes of the perturbations, even in the context of the $Λ$CDM model. Here, we analyze the evolution of the dark matter perturbations in the context of $Λ$CDM and some dynamical dark energy models involving future cosmological singularities, such as the sudden future singularity and the finite scale factor singularity. We employ the Newtonian gauge formulation for the derivation of the perturbation equations for the growth function, and we abandon both the sub-Hubble approximation and the slowly varying potential assumption. We apply the Fisher Matrix approach to three future planned galaxy surveys e.g., DESI, Euclid, and WFirst-2.4. With the mentioned surveys on hand, only with the dynamical probes, we will achieve multiple goals: $1.$ the improvement in the accuracy of the determination of the $fσ_{8}$ will give the possibility to discriminate between the $Λ$CDM and the alternative dark energy models even in the scale-independent approach; $2.$ it will be possible to test the goodness of the scale-independence finally, and also to quantify the necessity of a scale dependent approach to the growth of the perturbations, in particular using surveys which encompass redshift bins with scales $k<0.005\,h$ Mpc$^{-1}$; $3.$ the scale-dependence itself might add much more discriminating power in general, but further advanced surveys will be needed.

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arXiv2015

Dynamical dark energy models with singularities in the view of the forthcoming results of the growth observations

The question of the origin of the recent acceleration of the Universes expansion is still pending. What is making the situation even worst, it is impossible to distinguish the vast majority of the proposed models of the dynamical dark energy and modified gravity from the $ΛCDM$ in view of recent geometrical and dynamical, observational data. On the other hand on scales much smaller than the present Hubble scale, there are differences in the growth of the matter perturbations for different modes of the perturbations in the $ΛCDM$. In the view of the new planned observations that will give insight into the perturbations of the dark sector this issue is being worth of further investigation. We analyze the evolution of the dark matter perturbations in the dynamical dark energy models with the singularities, such as the sudden future singularity and the finite scale factor singularity. We employ the Newtonian gauge formulation for derivation of the perturbation equations for the growth function. We abandon the sub-Hubble approximation, what leads to the scale dependent solutions for the perturbations. Treating the growth function as a scale dependent allows to differentiate the dynamical dark energy models with the singularities and the dynamical dark energy models and the $ΛCDM$. The new data constraining growth of the perturbations will be able to rule out the whole range of the values of the parameters allowed by the present data of the dynamical dark energy models with the sudden future singularity and the finite scale factor singularity.

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arXiv2015

A critical assessment of some inhomogeneous pressure Stephani models

We consider spherically symmetric inhomogeneous pressure Stephani universes, the center of symmetry being our location. The main feature of these models is that comoving observers do not follow geodesics. In particular, comoving perfect fluids have necessarily a radially dependent pressure. We consider a subclass of these models characterized by some inhomogeneity parameter $β$. We show that also the velocity of sound, like the (effective) equation of state parameter, of comoving perfect fluids acquire away from the origin a time and radial dependent change proportional to $β$. In order to produce a realistic universe accelerating at late times without dark energy component one must take $β< 0$. The redshift gets a modified dependence on the scale factor $a(t)$ with a relative modification of $-9\%$ peaking at $z\sim 4$ and vanishing at the big-bang and today on our past lightcone. The equation of state parameter and the speed of sound of dustlike matter (corresponding to a vanishing pressure at the center of symmetry $r=0$) behave in a similar way and away from the center of symmetry they become negative -- a property usually encountered for the dark energy component only. In order to mimic the observed late-time accelerated expansion, the matter component must significantly depart from standard dust, presumably ruling this subclass of Stephani models out as a realistic cosmology. The only way to accept these models is to keep all standard matter components of the universe including dark energy and take an inhomogeneity parameter $β$ small enough.

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arXiv2014

Dark energy and dark matter perturbations in singular universes

We discuss the evolution of density perturbations of dark matter and dark energy in cosmological models which admit future singularities in a finite time. Up to now geometrical tests of the evolution of the universe do not differentiate between singular universes and $Λ$CDM scenario. We solve perturbation equations using the gauge invariant formalism. The analysis shows that the detailed reconstruction of the evolution of perturbations within singular cosmologies, in the dark sector, exhibit important differences between the singular universes models and the $Λ$CDM cosmology. This is encouraging for further examination and gives hope for discriminating between those models with future galaxy weak lensing experiments like the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and Euclid or CMB observations like PRISM and CoRE.

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arXiv2014

Off-center observers versus supernovae in inhomogeneous pressure universes

Exact luminosity distance and apparent magnitude formulas are applied to Union2 557 supernovae sample in order to constrain possible position of an observer outside of the center of symmetry in spherically symmetric inhomogeneous pressure Stephani universes which are complementary to inhomogeneous density Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) void models. Two specific models are investigated. The first which allows a barotropic equation of state at the center of symmetry with no scale factor function being specified (model IIA), and the second which has no barotropic equation of state at the center, but has an explicit dust-like scale factor evolution (model IIB). It is shown that even at $3σ$ CL, an off-center observer cannot be further than about 4.4 Gpc away from the center of symmetry which is comparable to the reported size of a void in LTB models with the most likely value of the distance from the center about 341 Mpc for model IIA and 68 Mpc for model IIB. The off-center observer cannot be farther away from the center than about 577 Mpc for model IIB at $3σ$ CL. It is evaluated that the best-fit parameters which characterize inhomogeneity are: $Ω_{inh} = 0.77$ (dimensionless - model IIA) and $α= 7.31 \cdot 10^{-9}$ $(s/km)^{2/3} Mpc^{-4/3}$ (model IIB).

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arXiv2014

Variations of the fine-structure constant $α$ in exotic singularity models

Various classes of exotic singularity models have been studied as possible mimic models for the observed recent acceleration of the universe. Here we further study one of these classes and, under the assumption that they are phenomenological toy models for the behavior of an underlying scalar field which also couples to the electromagnetic sector of the theory, obtain the corresponding behavior of the fine-structure constant $α$ for particular choices of model parameters that have been previously shown to be in reasonable agreement with cosmological observations. We then compare this predicted behavior with available measurements of $α$, thus constraining this putative coupling to electromagnetism. We find that values of the coupling which would provide a good fit to spectroscopic measurements of $α$ are in more than three-sigma tension with local atomic clock bounds. Future measurements by ESPRESSO and ELT-HIRES will provide a definitive test of these models.

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arXiv2014

Redshift drift test of exotic singularity universes

We discuss how dynamical dark energy universes with exotic singularities may be distinguished from the standard $Λ$CDM model on the basis of their redshift drift signal, for which measurements both in the acceleration phase and in the deep matter era will be provided by forthcoming astrophysical facilities. Two specific classes of exotic singularity models are studied: sudden future singularity models and finite scale factor singularity models. In each class we identify the models which can mimic $Λ$CDM and play the role of dark energy as well as models for which redshift drift signals are significantly different from $Λ$CDM and the test can differentiate between them.

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arXiv2013

Cosmological tests of sudden future singularities

We discuss combined constraints, coming from the cosmic microwave background shift parameter $\mathcal{R}$, baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) distance parameter $\mathcal{A}$, and from the latest type Ia supernovae data, imposed on cosmological models which allow sudden future singularities of pressure. We show that due to their weakness such sudden singularities may happen in the very near future and that at present they can mimic standard dark energy models.

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arXiv2012

Observational constraints on finite scale factor singularities

We discuss the combined constraints on a Finite Scale Factor Singularity (FSF) universe evolution scenario, which come from the shift parameter R, baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) A, and from the type Ia supernovae. We show that observations allow existence of such singularities in the 2x10^9 years, in future, at the 1σ CL, and that at the present moment of the cosmic evolution, one cannot differentiate between cosmological scenario which allow finite scale factor singularities and the standard dark energy models. We also show that there is an allowed value of m = 2/3 within 1σ CL, which corresponds to a dust-filled Einstein-de-Sitter universe limit of the early time evolution.

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arXiv2012

Density preturbations in a finite scale factor singularity universe

We discuss evolution of density perturbations in cosmological models which admit finite scale factor singularities. After solving the matter perturbations equations we find that there exists a set of the parameters which admit a finite scale factor singularity in future and instantaneously recover matter density evolution history which are indistinguishable from the standard LCDM scenario.

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arXiv2011

Sudden Future Singularity models as an alternative to Dark Energy?

Current observational evidence does not yet exclude the possibility that dark energy could be in the form of phantom energy. A universe consisting of a phantom constituent will be driven toward a drastic end known as the `Big Rip' singularity where all the matter in the universe will be destroyed. Motivated by this possibility, other evolutionary scenarios have been explored by Barrow, including the phenomena which he called Sudden Future Singularities (SFS). In such a model it is possible to have a blow up of the pressure occurring at sometime in the future evolution of the universe while the energy density would remain unaffected. The particular evolution of the scale factor of the universe in this model that results in a singular behaviour of the pressure also admits acceleration in the current era. In this paper we will present the results of our confrontation of one example class of SFS models with the available cosmological data from high redshift supernovae, baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) and the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We then discuss the viability of the model in question as an alternative to dark energy.

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arXiv2009

Exotic-singularity-driven dark energy

We discuss various types of exotic (non-standard) singularities in the Universe: a Big-Rip (BR or type I), a Sudden Future Singularity (SFS or type II), a Generalized Sudden Future Singularity, a Finite Scale Factor singularity (FSF or type III), a Big-Separation (BS or type IV) and a $w$-singularity. They are characterized by violation of all or some of the energy conditions which results in a blow-up of all or some of the physical quantities: the scale factor, the energy density, the pressure, and the barotropic index. We relate the emergence of these singularities with physical theories (superstring, brane, higher-order gravity, loop quantum cosmology). We show how the models involving exotic singularities may serve as dark energy by applying the observational data. In particular, we show that some of these exotic singularities (though being of a weak type according to relativistic definitions) may occur in the near future of the universe.

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arXiv2009

Barotropic index w-singularities in cosmology

We find an explicit cosmological model which allows a special type of cosmological singularity which we call a $w$-singularity. This singularity has the scale factor finite, the energy density and pressure vanishing, and the only singular behaviour appears in a time-dependent barotropic index $w(t)$. It is different from the type IV cosmological singularity in that it does not exhibit the divergence of the higher derivatives of the Hubble parameter and from the big-brake since it does not fulfill the anti-Chaplygin gas equation of state. We also find an interesting duality between the $w$-singularities and the big-bang singularities. Physical examples of $w$-singularities appear in $f(R)$, scalar field and brane cosmologies.

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