Classical stability of the galileon

DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2011)065MaRDI QIDQ2261143zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Solomon Endlich, Junpu Wang

Publication date 6 March 2015

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1659

zbMATH Keywords

classical theories of gravityglobal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Control/observation systems governed by partial differential equations (93C20)

Abstract: We consider the classical equations of motion for a single Galileon field with generic parameters in the presence of non-relativistic sources. We introduce the concept of absolute stability of a theory: if one can show that a field at a single point---like infinity for instance---in spacetime is stable, then stability of the field over the rest of spacetime is guaranteed for any positive energy source configuration. The Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (DGP) model is stable in this manner, and previous studies of spherically symmetric solutions suggest that certain classes of the single field Galileon (of which the DGP model is a subclass) may have this property as well. We find, however, that when general solutions are considered this is not the case. In fact, when considering generic solutions there are no choices of free parameters in the Galileon theory that will lead to absolute stability except the DGP choice. Our analysis indicates that the DGP model is an exceptional choice among the large class of possible single field Galileon theories. This implies that if general solutions (non-spherically symmetric) exist they may be unstable. Given astrophysical motivation for the Galileon, further investigation into these unstable solutions may prove fruitful.

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