English

{\Lambda}CDM suitably embedded in f(R) with a non-minimal coupling to matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-03-31 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

In this work, we further study a metric modified theory of gravity which contains a non-minimal coupling to matter, more precisely, we assume two functions of the scalar curvature, f1f_1 and f2f_2, where the first one generalises the Hilbert-Einstein action, while the second couples to the matter Lagrangian. On the one hand, assuming a Λ\LambdaCDM background, we calculate analytical solutions for the functions f1f_1 and f2f_2. We consider two setups: on the first one, we fix f2f_2 and compute f1f_1 and on the second one, we fix f1f_1 and compute f2f_2. Moreover, we do the analysis for two different energy density contents, a matter dominated universe and a general perfect fluid with a constant equation of state fuelling the universe expansion. On the other hand, we complete our study by performing a cosmographic analysis for f1f_1 and f2f_2. We conclude that the gravitational coupling to matter can drive the accelerated expansion of the universe.

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@article{arxiv.2103.01982,
  title  = {{\Lambda}CDM suitably embedded in f(R) with a non-minimal coupling to matter},
  author = {María Ortiz-Baños and Mariam Bouhmadi-López and Ruth Lazkoz and Vincenzo Salzano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.01982},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

10 pages, 2 figures. To appear in EPJC

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