Scaling solutions and weak gravity in dark energy with energy and momentum couplings

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/06/020zbMATH Open1492.83022arXiv2003.02686OpenAlexW3010151031MaRDI QIDQ5069159FDOQ5069159

Authors: Luca Amendola, Shinji Tsujikawa 

Publication date: 8 April 2022

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

Abstract: We argue that the $Lambda$CDM tensions of the Hubble-Lemaitre expansion rate $H_0$ and the clustering normalization $sigm{a}_8$ can be eased, at least in principle, by considering an interaction between dark energy and dark matter in such a way to induce a small and positive early effective equation of state and a weaker gravity. For a dark energy scalar field $phi$ interacting with dark matter through an exchange of both energy and momentum, we derive a general form of the Lagrangian allowing for the presence of scaling solutions. In a subclass of such interacting theories, we show the existence of a scaling $phi$-matter-dominated-era ($phi$MDE) which can potentially alleviate the $H_0$ tension by generating an effective high-redshift equation of state. We also study the evolution of perturbations for a model with $phi$MDE followed by cosmic acceleration and find that the effective gravitational coupling relevant to the linear growth of large-scale structures can be smaller than the Newton gravitational constant $G$ at low redshifts. The momentum exchange between dark energy and dark matter plays a crucial role for realizing weak gravity, while the energy transfer is also required for the existence of $phi$MDE.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.02686

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitydark energy theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

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