Universe (May 2020)

Invisible QCD as Dark Energy

  • Andrea Addazi,
  • Stephon Alexander,
  • Antonino Marcianò

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe6060075
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 6
p. 75

Abstract

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We account for the late time acceleration of the Universe by extending the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) color to a S U ( 3 ) invisible sector (IQCD). If the Invisible Chiral symmetry is broken in the early universe, a condensate of dark pions (dpions) and dark gluons (dgluons) forms. The condensate naturally forms due to strong dynamics similar to the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio mechanism. As the Universe evolves from early times to present times the interaction energy between the dgluon and dpion condensate dominates with a negative pressure equation of state and causes late time acceleration. We conclude with a stability analysis of the coupled perturbations of the dark pions and dark gluons.

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