Cosmological instability of scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theories exhibiting scalarization
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Publication:5862983
DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2019/06/023zbMATH Open1481.83092arXiv1903.02399OpenAlexW3103085907WikidataQ127733469 ScholiaQ127733469MaRDI QIDQ5862983FDOQ5862983
Authors: Timothy Anson, Eugeny Babichev, Christos Charmousis, Sabir Ramazanov 
Publication date: 10 March 2022
Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: In a subclass of scalar-tensor theories, it has been shown that standard general relativity solutions of neutron stars and black holes with trivial scalar field profiles are unstable. Such an instability leads to solutions which are different from those of general relativity and have non-trivial scalar field profiles, in a process called scalarization. In the present work we focus on scalarization due to a non-minimal coupling of the scalar field to the Gauss-Bonnet curvature invariant. The coupling acts as a tachyonic mass for the scalar mode, thus leading to the instability of general relativity solutions. We point out that a similar effect may occur for the scalar modes in a cosmological background, resulting in the instability of cosmological solutions. In particular, we show that a catastrophic instability develops during inflation within a period of time much shorter than the minimum required duration of inflation. As a result, the standard cosmological dynamics is not recovered. This raises the question of the viability of scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theories exhibiting scalarization.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.02399
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