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Eddington-Born-Infeld action for dark energy and dark matter

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-03-11 v5 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We argue that Einstein gravity coupled to a Born-Infeld theory provides an attractive candidate to represent dark matter and dark energy. For cosmological models, the Born-Infeld field has an equation of state which interpolates between matter, w=0 (small times), and a cosmological constant w=-1 (large times). On galactic scales, the Born-Infeld field predicts asymptotically flat rotation curves.

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@article{arxiv.0801.4103,
  title  = {Eddington-Born-Infeld action for dark energy and dark matter},
  author = {Maximo Banados},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4103},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

A sign mistake in section on galactic scales is pointed out. This sign invalidates the content of that section. See comment on manuscript