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Cosmology of a new class of massive vector fields

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-03-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

I introduce (Extended) Proca-Nuevo, a non-linear theory of a massive spin-1 field enjoying a non-linearly realized constraint. I will provide a covariantization scheme that allows for consistent, ghost-free cosmological solutions, describing the correct number of dynamical variables in the presence of perfect fluid matter. I will finally exhibit explicit hot Big Bang solutions featuring a late-time self-accelerating epoch, where all the stability and subluminality conditions are satisfied and where gravitational waves behave precisely as in General Relativity.

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@article{arxiv.2203.14608,
  title  = {Cosmology of a new class of massive vector fields},
  author = {Victor Pozsgay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.14608},
  year   = {2022}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, Contribution to the 2022 Cosmology session of the 56th Rencontres de Moriond