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