2010Physics Letters BOpen access

Theoretical limits on agegraphic quintessence from weak gravity conjecture

Xianglai Liu, Jingfei Zhang, Xin Zhang

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In this Letter, we investigate the possible theoretical constraint on the parameter n of the agegraphic quintessence model by considering the requirement of the weak gravity conjecture that the variation of the quintessence scalar field ϕ should be less than the Planck mass M p . We obtain the theoretical upper bound n ≲ 2.5 that is inconsistent with the current observational constraint result 2.637 < n < 2.983 (95.4% CL). The possible implications of the tension between observational and theoretical constraint results are discussed.

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In this Letter, we investigate the possible theoretical constraint on the parameter n of the agegraphic quintessence model by considering the requirement of the weak gravity conjecture that the variation of the quintessence scalar field ϕ should be less than the Planck mass M p . We obtain the theoretical upper bound n ≲ 2.5 that is inconsistent with the current observational constraint result 2.637 < n < 2.983 (95.4% CL). The possible implications of the tension between observational and theoretical constraint results are discussed.

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In this Letter, we investigate the possible theoretical constraint on the parameter n of the agegraphic quintessence model by considering the requirement of the weak gravity conjecture that the variation of the quintessence scalar field ϕ should be less than the Planck mass M p . We obtain the theoretical upper bound n ≲ 2.5 that is inconsistent with the current observational constraint result 2.637 < n < 2.983 (95.4% CL). The possible implications of the tension between observational and theoretical constraint results are discussed.

Key concepts: Quintessence, Conjecture, Planck, Constraint (computer-aided design), Physics, Planck mass, Scalar field, f(R) gravity

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