From quantum unstable systems to the decaying dark energy: Cosmological implications

TL;DR

This paper explores a quantum decay model of metastable dark energy in cosmology, leading to a time-dependent cosmological constant and implications for the universe's evolution, especially considering exponential decay processes.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum decay framework for dark energy, deriving a time-dependent cosmological constant as a series of even powers of the Hubble parameter, highlighting the implications of exponential decay.

Findings

Time-dependent mbda(t) expressed as series of even powers of H

Quantum decay assumption implies irreversibility in cosmic evolution

Exponential decay model impacts dark energy dynamics and universe's fate

Abstract

We consider a cosmology with decaying metastable dark energy and assume that a decay process of this metastable dark energy is a quantum decay process. Such an assumption implies among others that the evolution of the Universe is irreversible and violates the time reversal symmetry. We show that if to replace the cosmological time $t$ appearing in the equation describing the evolution of the Universe by the Hubble cosmological scale time, then we obtain time dependent $\Lambda (t)$ in the form of the series of even powers of the Hubble parameter $H$: $\Lambda (t) = \Lambda (H)$. Out special attention is focused on radioactive like exponential form of the decay process of the dark energy and on the consequences of this type decay.