Quartet-metric/multi-component gravity: scalar graviton as emergent dark substance

In the general frameworks of an earlier introduced quartet-metric/multi-component gravity, a theory of a massive scalar graviton supplementing the massless tensor one is consistently deduced. The peculiarities of the scalar-graviton field compared to the canonical scalar one are demonstrated. The (u...

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Published in:Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics 2019-01, Vol.2019 (1), p.55-55
Main Author: Pirogov, Yury F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cosmological constant
Dark energy
Dark matter
Gravitation
Gravitons
Tensors
Universe
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Summary:In the general frameworks of an earlier introduced quartet-metric/multi-component gravity, a theory of a massive scalar graviton supplementing the massless tensor one is consistently deduced. The peculiarities of the scalar-graviton field compared to the canonical scalar one are demonstrated. The (ultra-)light scalar graviton is treated as an emergent dark substance of the Universe: dark matter and/or dark energy depending on the solution. The case with scalar graviton as dark energy responsible for the late-time accelerated expansion of the Universe is studied in more detail. In particular, it is shown that due to an attractor solution for the light scalar graviton there naturally emerges at the classical level a tiny nonzero effective cosmological constant, even in the absence of the Lagrangian one. The prospects of going beyond LCDM model per scalar graviton are shortly indicated.
ISSN:1475-7516
1475-7516
DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2019/01/055