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Cosmological dynamics of a non-minimally coupled bulk scalar field in DGP setup

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-17 v1

Abstract

We consider cosmological dynamics of a canonical bulk scalar field, which is coupled non-minimally to 5-dimensional Ricci scalar in a DGP setup. We show that presence of this non-minimally coupled bulk scalar field affects the jump conditions of the original DGP model significantly. Within a superpotential approach, we perform some numerical analysis of the model parameter space and consider bulk-brane energy exchange in this setup. Also we show that the normal, ghost-free branch of the DGP solutions in this case has the potential to realize a self-consistent phantom-like behavior and therefore explains late time acceleration of the universe in a consistent way.

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@article{arxiv.1308.5772,
  title  = {Cosmological dynamics of a non-minimally coupled bulk scalar field in DGP setup},
  author = {Kourosh Nozari and Narges Rashidi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5772},
  year   = {2015}
}

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25 pages, Accepted for publication in Astrophyics and Space Science