Bumblebee cosmology: The FLRW solution and the CMB temperature anisotropy

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Main Authors: Xu, Rui, Xu, Dandan, Andersson, Lars, Seoane, Pau Amaro, Shao, Lijing
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Published: 2025
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author Xu, Rui
Xu, Dandan
Andersson, Lars
Seoane, Pau Amaro
Shao, Lijing
author_facet Xu, Rui
Xu, Dandan
Andersson, Lars
Seoane, Pau Amaro
Shao, Lijing
contents We put into test the idea of replacing dark energy by a vector field against the cosmic microwave background (CMB) observation using the simplest vector-tensor theory, where a massive vector field couples to the Ricci scalar and the Ricci tensor quadratically. First, a remarkable Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metric solution that is completely independent of the matter-energy compositions of the universe is found. Second, based on the FLRW solution as well as the perturbation equations, a numerical code calculating the CMB temperature power spectrum is built. We find that though the FLRW solution can mimic the evolution of the universe in the standard $Λ$CDM model, the calculated CMB temperature power spectrum shows unavoidable discrepancies from the CMB power spectrum measurements.
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spellingShingle Bumblebee cosmology: The FLRW solution and the CMB temperature anisotropy
Xu, Rui
Xu, Dandan
Andersson, Lars
Seoane, Pau Amaro
Shao, Lijing
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We put into test the idea of replacing dark energy by a vector field against the cosmic microwave background (CMB) observation using the simplest vector-tensor theory, where a massive vector field couples to the Ricci scalar and the Ricci tensor quadratically. First, a remarkable Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metric solution that is completely independent of the matter-energy compositions of the universe is found. Second, based on the FLRW solution as well as the perturbation equations, a numerical code calculating the CMB temperature power spectrum is built. We find that though the FLRW solution can mimic the evolution of the universe in the standard $Λ$CDM model, the calculated CMB temperature power spectrum shows unavoidable discrepancies from the CMB power spectrum measurements.
title Bumblebee cosmology: The FLRW solution and the CMB temperature anisotropy
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10297