Stable FLRW solutions in generalized massive gravity
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Author(s)
de Rham, Claudia
Fasiello, Matteo
Tolley, Andrew J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present exact Friedmann Lemaítre Robertson Walkers (FLRW) solutions in generalized massive gravity where the mass parameters are naturally promoted to Lorentz-invariant functions of the Stückelberg fields. This new dependence relaxes the constraint that would otherwise prevent massive gravity from possessing exact FLRW solutions. It does so without the need to introduce additional degrees of freedom. We find self-accelerating cosmological solutions and show that, with a mild restriction on the region of phase space, these cosmological solutions exhibit full stability, i.e. absence of ghosts and gradient instabilities for all the tensor, vector and scalar modes, for all cosmic time. We perform the full decoupling limit analysis, including vector degrees of freedom, which can be used to confirm the existence of an active Vainshtein mechanism about these solutions.
Date Issued
2014-12-23
Date Acceptance
2014-11-27
Citation
International Journal of Modern Physics D: Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2014, 23 (13), pp.1-29
ISSN
0218-2718
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing
Start Page
1
End Page
29
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Modern Physics D: Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Volume
23
Issue
13
Copyright Statement
Electronic version of an article published as Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 23, 1443006 (2014) [29 pages]
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271814430068 © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271814430068 © copyright World Scientific Publishing Company
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Modified gravity
massive gravity
self-acceleration
dark energy
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 1443006
Date Publish Online
2014-12-23