Dark Energy with a Triplet of Classical U(1) Fields

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العنوان: Dark Energy with a Triplet of Classical U(1) Fields
المؤلفون: Tishue, Avery J., Caldwell, Robert R.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
الوصف: We present a new mechanism for cosmic acceleration consisting of a scalar field coupled to a triplet of classical U(1) gauge fields. The gauge fields are arranged in a homogeneous, isotropic configuration, with both electric- and magnetic-like vacuum expectation values. The gauge fields provide a mass-like term via a Chern-Simons interaction that suspends the scalar away from its potential minimum, thereby enabling potential-dominated evolution. We show this mechanism can drive a brief period of acceleration, such as dark energy, without the need for fine tunings. We obtain simple analytic results for the dark energy equation of state and dependence on model parameters. In this model, the presence of the gauge field generically leads to a suppression of long-wavelength gravitational waves, with implications for the experimental search for cosmic microwave background B-modes and direct detection of a stochastic gravitational wave background.
Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, comments welcome
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.043514
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.11129
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2208.11129
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
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DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.043514