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Dynamical Dark Energy in Minimally Modified Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-09-02 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Minimally modified gravity is a class of models with only the two tensor degrees of freedom as in general relativity. Using the framework with auxiliary constraints these models can maintain a dynamical cosmological background. The form of the constraints is thereby restricted by the requirement of dynamical dark energy and the avoidance of a breakdown of perturbation theory. Studying the linear perturbations around the FLRW background the results are, however, quite insensitive to the details of the constraints leading to a modified effective gravitational constant or a non-vanishing sound speed for dust.

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@article{arxiv.2203.12358,
  title  = {Dynamical Dark Energy in Minimally Modified Gravity},
  author = {Alexander Ganz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.12358},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

21 pages; accepted version

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