Time-dependent diffusive interactions between dark matter and dark energy in the context of $k-$essence cosmology

TL;DR

This paper explores a time-dependent diffusive interaction between dark matter and dark energy within k-essence cosmology, fitting observational supernova data to constrain model parameters and reconstruct the scalar field dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model of dark matter-dark energy interaction using k-essence, constrained by supernova data, and reconstructs the scalar field and Lagrangian form.

Findings

Model compatible with SNe Ia data

Derived time-dependence of scalar field

Reconstructed form of k-essence Lagrangian

Abstract

We investigated the scenario of time-dependent diffusive interaction between dark matter and dark energy and showed that such a model can be accommodated within the observations of luminosity distance - redshift data in Supernova Ia (SNe Ia) observations. We obtain constrains on different relevant parameters of this model from the observational data. We consider a homogeneous scalar field $\phi(t)$ driven by a $k-$essence Lagrangian of the from $L = V(\phi)F(X)$ with constant potential $V(\phi) = V$, to describe the dynamics of dark energy in this model. Using the temporal behaviour of the FRW scale factor, the equation of state and total energy density of the dark fluid, extracted from the analysis of SNe Ia (JLA) data, we have obtained the time-dependence of the $k-$essence scalar field and also reconstructed form of the function $F(X)$ in the $k-$essence Lagrangian.