Brans-Dicke scalar field as a unique k-essence

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2004.12.003zbMATH Open1247.83278arXivastro-ph/0408154OpenAlexW2051100686MaRDI QIDQ451541FDOQ451541

Authors: Hongsu Kim 

Publication date: 23 September 2012

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

Abstract: In the present work, the Brans-Dicke theory of gravity is taken as a possible theory of k-essence coupled to gravity and then the role played by the Brans-Dicke scalar field in relation to the unified model for dark matter and dark energy is explored. It has been realized that the BD scalar field does indeed play a role of a k-essence, but in a very unique way which distinguishes it from other k-essence fields studied in the literature such as the (generalized) Chaplygin gas or the purely kinetic k-essence studied recently by Scherrer. That is, instead of providing an interpolation between the dark matter-like evolution and the dark energy-like evolution, the BD theory predicts the emergence of a yet-unknown {it zero acceleration} epoch which is an intermediate stage acting as a ``crossing bridge between the decelerating matter-dominated era and the accelerating phase.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408154

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zbMATH Keywords

Brans-Dicke theory\(k\)-essence fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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