Massive graviton as a testable cold dark matter candidate
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v2 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We construct a consistent model of gravity where the tensor graviton mode is massive, while linearized equations for scalar and vector metric perturbations are not modified. The Friedmann equation acquires an extra dark-energy component leading to accelerated expansion. The mass of the graviton can be as large as , being constrained by the pulsar timing measurements. We argue that non-relativistic gravitational waves can comprise the cold dark matter and may be detected by the future gravitational wave searches.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411158,
title = {Massive graviton as a testable cold dark matter candidate},
author = {S. L. Dubovsky and P. G. Tinyakov and I. I. Tkachev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411158},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, final version to appear in PRL