Generalised scalar-tensor theories and self-tuning

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2022/03/004zbMATH Open1504.83010arXiv2111.11448OpenAlexW4214636044MaRDI QIDQ5099170FDOQ5099170

Authors: E. J. Copeland, Sukhraj Ghataore, Florian Niedermann, Antonio Padilla 

Publication date: 31 August 2022

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

Abstract: We explore a family of generalised scalar-tensor theories that exhibit self-tuning to low scale anti de Sitter vacua, even in the presence of a large cosmological constant. We are able to examine the linearised fluctuations about these vacua and compute the corresponding amplitude. Thanks to a subtle interplay between a weak scalar coupling and a low scalar mass, it is possible to exhibit self-tuning and compatibility with solar system tests of gravity without resorting to non-linearities and unreliable screening mechanisms. The weakness of the scalar coupling and the correspondingly slow response to vacuum energy phase transitions may present some interesting possibilities for connecting early universe inflation to the cancellation of vacuum energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.11448

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitydark energy theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Matrix models and tensor models for quantum field theory (81T32) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

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