and cosmology scalar field dark matter is a classical, minimally coupled, scalar field postulated to account for the inferred dark matter. The universe...

bosons Dark galaxy – A hypothesized galaxy with no, or very few, stars Scalar field dark matter – Classical, minimally coupled, scalar field postulated...

cold dark matter is a hypothetical form of cold dark matter proposed to solve the cuspy halo problem. It would consist of extremely light scalar particles...

spin. Scalar bosons are the subset of bosons with zero-valued spin. The name scalar boson arises from quantum field theory, which demands that fields of...

Scalar field dark matter Weakly interacting massive particles Weakly interacting slender particles Cassé, M.; Fayet, P. (4–9 July 2005). Light Dark Matter...

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scalar fields can vary. Yet other possibilities are interacting dark energy, an observational effect, and cosmological coupling (see the section Dark...

the hypothesis through scalar field models instead, as is done in other alternative approaches to dark energy and dark matter. Arbey, Alexandre (2005)...

the following ingredients: A unit vector field; A dynamical scalar field; A nondynamical scalar field; A matter Lagrangian constructed using an alternate...

leptons), which are believed to be the fundamental components of matter, or scalar fields, like the Higgs particles, which are used to introduced mass in...

needed] Ultralight axion (ULA) with m ~ 10−22 eV/c2 is a kind of scalar field dark matter that seems to solve the small scale problems of CDM. A single ULA...

universal time coordinate acts with matter and non-gravitational fields to generate a scalar field. This scalar field acts together with all the rest to...

The Lambda-CDM, Lambda cold dark matter, or ΛCDM model is a mathematical model of the Big Bang theory with three major components: a cosmological constant...

postulates the existence of a vector field, while elevating the three constants of the theory to scalar fields. In the weak-field approximation, STVG produces...

previously has been limited to actively accreting black holes. Scalar field dark matter Edge, A. C.; Smith, G. P.; Sand, D. J.; Treu, T.; Ebeling, H.;...

the Einstein field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution of matter within it. The...

}^{a}} and B μ {\displaystyle B_{\mu }} and the scalar field φ {\displaystyle \varphi } . The scalar potential is given by V ( φ ) = − μ 2 φ † φ + λ (...

is achievable, which makes scalar fields useful models for many phenomena in cosmology. Hogan, Jenny. "Welcome to the Dark Side." Nature 448.7151 (2007):...

In physics, quintessence is a hypothetical form of dark energy, more precisely a scalar field minimally coupled to gravity, postulated as an explanation...

matter physics to construct models of quasiparticles. The current standard model of particle physics is based on quantum field theory. Quantum field theory...

{\psi }}\psi \rangle } , where ψ is the fermion field. Similarly a tensor field, Gμν, can only have a scalar expectation value such as ⟨ G μ ν G μ ν ⟩ {\displaystyle...

In theoretical physics, a scalar–tensor theory is a field theory that includes both a scalar field and a tensor field to represent a certain interaction...

invoking dark matter. Originated by Jacob Bekenstein in 2004, it incorporates various dynamical and non-dynamical tensor fields, vector fields and scalar fields...

mainstream physics. Forms of matter that are poorly understood, such as dark matter and mirror matter. Ordinary matter that when placed under high pressure...

understand the nature of the universe, including galaxy formation, dark matter and dark energy. The simulation included many physical processes which are...

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our universe. A major objective is to better understand the role of dark matter in the development of the universe. According to Behroozi, "On the computer...

unidentified scalar field sometimes called the "radion" or the "dilaton". Correspondingly, the 5D Einstein equations yield the 4D Einstein field equations...

excitation of the Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin...

nucleosynthesis. The universe also contains a mysterious energy—possibly a scalar field—called dark energy, the density of which does not change over time. After about...