Cosmological imprints of the stealth scalar field

• Published in: Astrophysics and space science 2019-06, Vol.364 (6), p.1-12, Article 98
• Main Authors: Alvarez, Abigail, Campuzano, Cuauhtemoc, Cárdenas, Víctor, Rojas, Efraín
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Astrobiology; Astronomical models; Astronomy; Astrophysics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Cosmological constant; Cosmological models; Cosmology; Deceleration; Expanding universe theory; Flux density; Gravitational fields; Observations and Techniques; Original Article; Parameters; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Power law; Space Exploration and Astronautics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
• ISSN: 0004-640X; 1572-946X
• DOI: 10.1007/s10509-019-3589-x

We study some cosmological models endowed with a peculiar scalar field known as stealth field. The models are constructed by considering a scalar field ϕ obeying a non-minimal coupling to the gravitational field where the matter content is provided by both dust and a perfect fluid. Moreover, we analyze the stealth field implications in the cosmology by assuming a power-law behavior for the scale factor. Surprisingly, we find that stealth configurations that emerge, which in principle have no back-reaction to the background space-time, do contribute to the cosmological dynamics. We provide analytical expressions of these contributions to the energy density coming from the matter sources considered as well as for the pressure in the power-law scenario. This is a first signal that the stealth fields contributions are quantifiable. In the de Sitter cosmology, we found stealth does not have contributions either to cosmological constant or deceleration parameter. Additionally, we discuss the behaviors of the self-interaction potential for some particular values of the parameters involved.