Cosmic evolution driven by a generalized logarithmic dark energy equation of state
I investigate a dynamical dark energy model based on a generalized logarithmic equation of state, derived from a canonical scalar field Lagrangian and extending the Ma–Zhang parametrization via two parameters [Formula: see text]. Fixing [Formula: see text], I compute the cosmic time–redshift relation [Formula: see text] by numerically evaluating the integral [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] follows from the Friedmann equation and a redshift-dependent [Formula: see text]. I reconstruct the scalar field dynamics [Formula: see text] and potential [Formula: see text] corresponding to this phenomenological input, and calculate the evolution of key cosmological quantities including [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling, I constrain the model against observational data for [Formula: see text], recovering posterior distributions for [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. I further analyze the onset of future singularities and the coincidence problem, noting that the current age of the universe may lie near the midpoint to a big rip. Perturbative stability is confirmed within the parameter space considered. The framework provides a flexible and physically consistent approach to modeling evolving dark energy within a scalar field theory.
Authors
- Bram Hennekes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0054-0511)
Institutions
- Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218271825500956
- Primary Topic
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00