Constraints on bimetric gravity. I: Analytical constraints

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2021/05/001zbMATH Open1485.83047arXiv2101.08794OpenAlexW4288075952MaRDI QIDQ5028099FDOQ5028099

Authors: Marcus Högås, Edvard Mörtsell 

Publication date: 8 February 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Ghost-free bimetric gravity is an extension of general relativity, featuring a massive spin-2 field coupled to gravity. We parameterize the theory with a set of observables having specific physical interpretations. For the background cosmology and the static, spherically symmetric solutions (for example approximating the gravitational potential of the solar system), there are four directions in the parameter space in which general relativity is approached. Requiring that there is a working screening mechanism and a nonsingular evolution of the Universe, we place analytical constraints on the parameter space which rule out many of the models studied in the literature. Cosmological solutions where the accelerated expansion of the Universe is explained by the dynamical interaction of the massive spin-2 field rather than by a cosmological constant, are still viable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.08794

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zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitydark energy theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

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• mftoolbox
• bimEX

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