A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model

Abstract Chamseddine and Mukhanov have promoted the concept of mimetic dark matter as alternative dark matter candidate coming from gravitation. Unfortunately, although being very interesting, their proposition turned out to have weaknesses among which ghost and caustic instabilities. In this paper,...

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Main Author: Emmanuel Kanambaye
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14430-4
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description Abstract Chamseddine and Mukhanov have promoted the concept of mimetic dark matter as alternative dark matter candidate coming from gravitation. Unfortunately, although being very interesting, their proposition turned out to have weaknesses among which ghost and caustic instabilities. In this paper, I propose among the simplest ghost-free and caustic-free scalar field dark matter extension of their model; a proposition capable of challenging $$\Lambda $$ Λ CDM model or even capable of doing better.
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A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model
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title A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model
title_full A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model
title_fullStr A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model
title_full_unstemmed A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model
title_short A simple ghost free and caustic free mimetic scalar field dark matter model
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