Classical and quantum cosmology of Fab Four John theories

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2019.135003MaRDI QIDQ2187227zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Isaac Torres, O. F. Piattella, Julio C. Fabris

Publication date 2 June 2020

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08852

zbMATH Keywords

Bohmian mechanicsbouncing cosmologymodified gravityquantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We present here a quantum cosmological model with Bohm-de Broglie interpretation of the theory described by a combination of two terms of the Fab Four cosmological theory. The first term is the John Lagrangian and the second is a potential representing matter content to avoid classical trivial solutions. This model has two free functions that provide an adjustment mechanism known classically as self-tuning. The self-tuning is a way to address the cosmological constant problem by allowing a partial break of symmetry in the scalar field sector. The Fab Four is the most general set of self-tuning scalar-tensor gravitational theories in four dimensions. The minisuperspace Hamiltonian thus obtained from this combination of Fab Four terms has fractional powers in the momenta, leading to a problem in applying canonical quantization. We have solved this problem by generalizing the canonical quantization rule using the so-called conformable fractional derivative. We show that this analysis leads to both singular and bouncing (non-singular) solutions, depending on the initial conditions over the scale factor and the homogeneous scalar field, and also depending on the free functions mentioned. This provides an adjustment mechanism in analogy with the classical self-tuning of the Fab Four, but with another interpretation.

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