Constraints on general second-order scalar-tensor models from gravitational Cherenkov radiation
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2012-08-08 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We demonstrate that the general second-order scalar-tensor theories, which have attracted attention as possible modified gravity models to explain the late time cosmic acceleration, could be strongly constrained from the argument of the gravitational Cherenkov radiation. To this end, we consider the purely kinetic coupled gravity and the extended galileon model. In these models, the propagation speed of tensor mode could be less than the speed of light, which puts very strong constraints from the gravitational Cherenkov radiation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1112.4284,
title = {Constraints on general second-order scalar-tensor models from gravitational Cherenkov radiation},
author = {Rampei Kimura and Kazuhiro Yamamoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4284},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
9 pages, 2 figures, v2: published in JCAP