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General non-minimal kinetic coupling to gravity

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/07/021

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dark energy theory; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; modified gravity

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  1. Universidad del Valle [N CI-7796]

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We study a model of scalar field with a general non-minimal kinetic coupling to itself and to the curvature, as a source of dark energy, and analyze the cosmological dynamics of this model and the issue of accelerated expansion. Solutions giving rise to power-law expansion have been found. The dynamical equation of state is studied for the two cases, without and with free kinetic term. In the first case, a behavior very close to that of the cosmological constant was found. In the second case, a solution was found, which match the current phenomenology of the dark energy. The model shows a rich variety of dynamical scenarios.

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