A theory of type-II minimally modified gravity

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/09/034zbMATH Open1493.83014arXiv2004.12549OpenAlexW3180285548MaRDI QIDQ5070945FDOQ5070945

Authors: Antonio De Felice, Andreas Doll, Shinji Mukohyama 

Publication date: 14 April 2022

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

Abstract: We propose a modified gravity theory that propagates only two local gravitational degrees of freedom and that does not have an Einstein frame. According to the classification in JCAP 01 (2019) 017 [arXiv:1810.01047 [gr-qc]], this is a type-II minimally modified gravity theory. The theory is characterized by the gravitational constant $G_{mN}$ and a function $V(phi)$ of a non-dynamical auxiliary field $phi$ that plays the role of dark energy. Once one fixes a homogeneous and isotropic cosmological background, the form of $V(phi)$ is determined and the theory no longer possesses a free parameter or a free function, besides $G_{mN}$. For $V^{\prime }(phi)=0$ the theory reduces to general relativity (GR) with $G_N$ being the Newton's constant and $V=const.$ being the cosmological constant. For $V^{\prime }(phi)e0$, it is shown that gravity behaves differently from GR but that GR with $G_{mN}$ being the Newton's constant is recovered for weak gravity at distance and time scales sufficiently shorter than the scale associated with $V(phi)$. Therefore this theory provides the simplest framework of cosmology in which deviations from GR can be tested by observational data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12549

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitydark energy theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

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