Mimicking Λ with a spin-two ghost condensate

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Published 13 July 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Claudia de Rham and Andrew J Tolley JCAP07(2006)004 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/07/004

1475-7516/2006/07/004

Abstract

We propose a simple higher-derivative braneworld gravity model which contains a stable accelerating branch, in the absence of a cosmological constant or potential, that can be used to describe the late-time cosmic acceleration. This model has similar qualitative features to that of Dvali, Gabadadze and Porrati, such as the recovery of four-dimensional gravity at subhorizon scales, but unlike that case, the graviton zero mode is massless and there are no linearized instabilities. The acceleration rather is driven by bulk gravity in the form of a spin-two ghost condensate. We show that this model can be consistent with cosmological bounds and tests of gravity.

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