A novel teleparallel dark energy model

DOI10.1142/S0218271816500255zbMATH Open1337.83074arXiv1402.2256MaRDI QIDQ2809072FDOQ2809072

Giovanni Otalora

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Although equivalent to general relativity, teleparallel gravity is conceptually speaking a completely different theory. In this theory, the gravitational field is described by torsion, not by curvature. By working in this context, a new model is proposed in which the four-derivative of a canonical scalar field representing dark energy is nonminimally coupled to the "vector torsion". This type of coupling is motivated by the fact that a scalar field couples to torsion through its four-derivative, which is consistent with local spacetime kinematics regulated by the de Sitter group $SO(1,4)$. It is found that the current state of accelerated expansion of the Universe corresponds to a late-time attractor that can be (i) a dark-energy-dominated de Sitter solution ($omeg{a}_{phi}=-1$), (ii) a quintessence-type solution with $omeg{a}_{phi}geq-1$, or (iii) a phantom-type $omeg{a}_{phi}<-1$ dark energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.2256

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitydark energynonminimal couplingteleparallel gravityvector torsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20)

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