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Stable cosmology in ghost-free quasidilaton theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-09-06 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present a novel cosmological solution in the framework of extended quasidilaton theory which underwent scrutiny recently. We only consider terms that do not generate the Boulware-Deser degree of freedom, hence the "ghost-free" quasidilaton theory, and show three new branches of cosmological evolution therein. One of the solutions passes the perturbative stability tests. This new solution exhibits a late time self-acceleration and all graviton polarizations acquire masses that converge to a constant in the asymptotic future. Moreover, all modes propagate at the speed of light. We propose that this solution can be used as a benchmark model for future phenomenological studies.

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@article{arxiv.1707.02004,
  title  = {Stable cosmology in ghost-free quasidilaton theory},
  author = {A. Emir Gumrukcuoglu and Kazuya Koyama and Shinji Mukohyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02004},
  year   = {2017}
}

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12 pages

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