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Cosmological dynamics of a hybrid chameleon scenario

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2013-06-26 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We consider a hybrid scalar field which is non-minimally coupled to the matter and models a chameleon cosmology. By introducing an effective potential, we study the dependence of the effective potential's minimum and hybrid chameleon field's masses to the local matter density. In a dynamical system technique, we analyze the phase space of this two-field chameleon model, find its fixed points and study their stability. We show that the hybrid chameleon domination solution is a stable attractor and the universe in this setup experiences a phantom divide crossing.

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@article{arxiv.1302.3055,
  title  = {Cosmological dynamics of a hybrid chameleon scenario},
  author = {Kourosh Nozari and N. Rashidi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.3055},
  year   = {2013}
}

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10 pages, Accepted for Publication in Adv. High Energy Phys