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We introduce a cosmological model in the framework of Generalised Massive Gravity. This theory is an extension of non-linear massive gravity with a broken translation symmetry in the St\"uckelberg space. In a recent work, we showed the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-25 Michael Kenna-Allison , A. Emir Gumrukcuoglu , Kazuya Koyama

This paper consider an universe dominated by baryonic matter, radiation and a nonminimally coupled massive scalar field under the action of a symmetry breaking potential. Inflation occurs naturally with appropriated slow-roll values. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-02 S. H. Pereira

In this paper, we study the non-linear matter power spectrum in a specific family of $f(R)$ models that can reproduce the $\Lambda$CDM background expansion history, using high resolution $N$-body simulations based on the {\sc ecosmog} code.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-13 Jian-hua He , Baojiu Li , Yipeng Jing

We investigate the gas density, temperature, and pressure profiles in a dark matter halo under the influence of the chameleon force. We solve the hydrostatic equilibrium equation for the gas coupled with the chameleon field in an analytic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-11 Ayumu Terukina , Kazuhiro Yamamoto

This article extends bimetric formulations of massive gravity to make the mass of the graviton to depend on its environment. This minimal extension offers a novel way to reconcile massive gravity with local tests of general relativity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-06 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Mukohyama , Jean-Philippe Uzan

This article investigates the profile of the scalar field of a scalar-tensor theory subject to the chameleon mechanism in the context of gravity space missions like the MICROSCOPE experiment. It analyses the experimental situations for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-09 Martin Pernot-Borràs , Joel Bergé , Philippe Brax , Jean-Philippe Uzan

Chameleons are scalar fields that couple directly to ordinary matter with gravitational strength, but which nevertheless evade the stringent constraints on tests of gravity because of properties they acquire in the presence of high ambient…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-13 Kurt Hinterbichler , Justin Khoury , Horatiu Nastase

In the concordance model of the Universe, the matter distribution - as observed in galaxy number counts or the intensity of line emission (such as the 21cm line of neutral hydrogen) - should have a kinematic dipole due to the Sun's motion…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-19 Roy Maartens , Chris Clarkson , Song Chen

In order to satisfy limits on the allowed variation of particle masses from big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) until today, the chameleon scalar field is required to reach its attractor solution early on in its cosmological evolution. Brax et…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 David F. Mota , Camilla A. O. Schelpe

In this paper we present a hybrid model of k-essence and chameleon, named as k-chameleon. In this model, due to the chameleon mechanism, the directly strong coupling between the k-chameleon field and matters (cold dark matters and baryons)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Hao Wei , Rong-Gen Cai

This paper presents a detailed theoretical study of the two-point correlation function $\xi$ for both dark matter halos and the matter density field in five cosmological models with varying matter density $\Omega_m$ and neutrino fraction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Chung-Pei Ma

In this work we investigate the effect of a kind of scalar field, called chameleon, on the evolution of universe. We put this scalar field in the bulk. It is displayed that this scalar field gives us an exponential expansion in early time…

General Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 Khaled Saaidi , AbolHassan Mohammadi

Using cosmological relativity theory, we derive the formula for the cosmological redshift written explicitly in terms of 1 - "Omega", where "Omega" = "rho"/"rho"_c is the ratio of the average mass density to the critical "closure" density.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Moshe Carmeli

In this work we systematically study the linear and nonlinear structure formation in chameleon theories of modified gravity, using a generic parameterisation which describes a large class of models using only 4 parameters. For this we have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-24 Philippe Brax , Anne-C. Davis , Baojiu Li , Hans A. Winther , Gong-Bo Zhao

Theories that attempt to explain the observed cosmic acceleration by modifying general relativity all introduce a new scalar degree of freedom that is active on large scales, but is screened on small scales to match experiments. We show…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lam Hui , Alberto Nicolis , Christopher Stubbs

We study the cosmic history of the scalaron in $F(R)$ gravity with constructing the time evolution of the cosmic environment and discuss the chameleonic dark matter based on the chameleon mechanism in the early and current Universe. We then…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-04 Taishi Katsuragawa , Shinya Matsuzaki

We consider the implications of the swampland conjectures on scalar-tensor theories defined in the Einstein frame in which the scalar interaction is screened. We show that chameleon models are not in the swampland provided the coupling to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-15 Philippe Brax , Carsten van de Bruck , Anne-Christine Davis

Modifications of general relativity provide an alternative explanation to dark energy for the observed acceleration of the universe. We review recent developments in modified gravity theories, focusing on higher dimensional approaches and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bhuvnesh Jain , Justin Khoury

We present a detailed study of the redshift evolution of dark matter halo structural parameters in a LambdaCDM cosmology. We study the mass and redshift dependence of the concentration, shape and spin parameter in Nbody simulations spanning…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. C. Muñoz-Cuartas , A. V. Macciò , S. Gottlöber , A. A. Dutton

Cosmology is investigated within a new, scalar theory of gravitation, which is a preferred-frame bimetric theory with flat background metric. Before coming to cosmology, the motivation for an " ether theory " is exposed at length; the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mayeul Arminjon