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Exact cosmological solution of a Scalar-Tensor Gravity theory compatible with the $\Lambda CDM$ model

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2011-03-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider the massive scalar-tensor theory in the Jordan frame F(Φ)=K2Φ2F(\Phi) =K^{2}\Phi^2 and U(Φ)=(1/2)m2Φ2U(\Phi) =(1/2)m^{2}\Phi^2, where F(Φ)F(\Phi) corresponds to a constant Brans-Dicke parameter ωBD=1/4K2\omega_{BD}=1/4K^2. The constraint of the Solar System experiments is K2<(1/400)2K^2<(1/400)^2. For dustlike matter in a spatially flat homogeneous isotropic universe, we reduce the equations of motion to a system of two differential equations of first order which can be exactly solved. We obtain simple and explicit expressions for Φ(z)Φ(0)\frac{\Phi(z)}{\Phi(0)} and H(z)H0\frac{H(z)}{H_{0}} that depend only on two parameters, K2K^2 and Ωm,0\Omega_{m,0}. For K1/400K\leq1/400 the expansion rate H(z)H(z) can be practically superposed on the Λ\LambdaCDM solution HΛ(z)H_{\Lambda}(z), up to high redshift zz, but the equation of state wDE(z)w_{DE}(z) of the dark energy is not constant: it presents a very slight crossing of the phantom divide line w=1w=-1 in the neighborhood of z=0z=0 and becomes very slightly positive at high redshifts.

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@article{arxiv.1011.2915,
  title  = {Exact cosmological solution of a Scalar-Tensor Gravity theory compatible with the $\Lambda CDM$ model},
  author = {B. Boisseau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2915},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Final version. Minor changes after proof corrections

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