About this Research Topic
The main purpose of this thematic collection is to bring together various reviews and new results on this topic. There are several groups working on dark matter and dark energy, some of them from a theoretical point of view, trying to explain the main foundations of this model. Other groups focus on numerical simulations to understand the dynamics of the model. Other groups work with thermodynamics, others with cosmology, etc. The idea of this Research Topic is to bring all these various approaches together. We would like this collection of articles to be a resource for scientists who want to start working in the area of scalar fields applied to the universe, providing them with all the information they need on each branch of the scalar fields in the cosmos.
The main topics of this collection are:
1. Theoretical aspects of scalar fields as dark matter and dark energy
2. Thermodynamics of scalar fields in the cosmos
3. Numerical simulations of scalar fields as dark matter and dark energy
4. Dynamics of scalar fields in the cosmos
5. Statistical and observational aspects of scalar fields such as dark matter and dark energy.
We welcomes submissions of the following article types: Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, and Review.
Keywords: Cosmology, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Scalar Fields, Observations, Quantum Field Theory
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