English

Dynamical behavior in $f(T,T_G)$ cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-08-19 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The f(T,TG)f(T,T_G) class of gravitational modification, based on the quadratic torsion scalar TT, as well as on the new quartic torsion scalar TGT_G which is the teleparallel equivalent of the Gauss-Bonnet term, is a novel theory, different from both f(T)f(T) and f(R,G)f(R,G) ones. We perform a detailed dynamical analysis of a spatially flat universe governed by the simplest non-trivial model of f(T,TG)f(T,T_G) gravity which does not introduce a new mass scale. We find that the universe can result in dark-energy dominated, quintessence-like, cosmological-constant-like or phantom-like solutions, according to the parameter choices. Additionally, it may result to a dark energy - dark matter scaling solution, and thus it can alleviate the coincidence problem. Finally, the analysis "at infinity" reveals that the universe may exhibit future, past, or intermediate singularities depending on the parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1404.7100,
  title  = {Dynamical behavior in $f(T,T_G)$ cosmology},
  author = {Georgios Kofinas and Genly Leon and Emmanuel N. Saridakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.7100},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

23 pages, 6 figures, matches the version published in CQG

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