Cosmology with explicit and spontaneous background fields

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Main Authors: Reyes, Carlos M., Riquelme, César, Soto, Alex
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Published: 2024
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author Reyes, Carlos M.
Riquelme, César
Soto, Alex
author_facet Reyes, Carlos M.
Riquelme, César
Soto, Alex
contents We study a general class of effective backgrounds that break diffeomorphism invariance and their potential roles in cosmology. Specifically, we examine both explicit and spontaneous background fields which display distinct transformation properties and are characterized with different dynamics. For explicit breaking, we focus on the $t$-sector of the minimal gravitational Standard-Model Extension (SME) and for spontaneous breaking on a vector field called the bumblebee model. In both cases, we derive the modified Friedmann equations and find a configuration of the background fields that preserve isotropy and homogeneity. We show that the explicit $t$-sector admits phases of accelerated expansion of the universe with standard matter.
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spellingShingle Cosmology with explicit and spontaneous background fields
Reyes, Carlos M.
Riquelme, César
Soto, Alex
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We study a general class of effective backgrounds that break diffeomorphism invariance and their potential roles in cosmology. Specifically, we examine both explicit and spontaneous background fields which display distinct transformation properties and are characterized with different dynamics. For explicit breaking, we focus on the $t$-sector of the minimal gravitational Standard-Model Extension (SME) and for spontaneous breaking on a vector field called the bumblebee model. In both cases, we derive the modified Friedmann equations and find a configuration of the background fields that preserve isotropy and homogeneity. We show that the explicit $t$-sector admits phases of accelerated expansion of the universe with standard matter.
title Cosmology with explicit and spontaneous background fields
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.13041