Tracking K-essence
Takeshi Chiba
Abstract
We derive a condition for converging a common evolutionary track for k-essence (a scalar field dark energy with non-canonical kinetic terms). For the Lagrangian density V(phi)W(X) with X=dotphi2/2, we find tracker solutions with wphi < wB exist if Gamma equivalent V''V/(V')2 > 3/2. Here wphi(wB) is the equation-of-state of the scalar field (background radiation/matter). Our condition may be useful for examining the existence of the attractor-like behavior in cosmology with k-essence.
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