On f(R) gravity in scalar-tensor theories

Abstract: We study

f (R)

gravity models in the language of scalar-tensor theories. The correspondence between

f (R)

gravity and scalar-tensor theories is revisited since

f (R)

gravity is a subclass of Brans-Dicke models, with a vanishing coupling constant (

o m e g a = 0

). In this treatment, four

f (R)

toy models are used to analyze the early-universe cosmology, when the scalar field

p h i

dominates over standard matter. We have obtained solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation for those models. It is found that for the first model

, as time increases the scalar field decreases and decays asymptotically. For the second model

it was found that the function

p h i (t)

crosses the

t

-axis at different values for different values of

. For the third model

l e f t (f (R) = R - f r a c u^{4} R i g h t)

, when the value of

u

is small the potential

V (p h i)

behaves like the standard inflationary potential. For the fourth model

l e f t (f (R) = R - (1 - m) u^{2} B i g (f r a c R u^{2} B i g)^{m} - 2 L a m b d a i g h t)

, we show that there is a transition between

1.5 < m < 1.55

. The behavior of the potentials with

m < 1.5

is totally different from those with

m > 1.55

. The slow-roll approximation is applied to each of the four

f (R)

models and we obtain the respective expressions for the spectral index

n_{s}

and the tensor-to-scalar ratio

r

.

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