Published November 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Galileon Fifth Forces

  • 1. Department de Physique Theorique, Universite de Geneve, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneve (Switzerland)

Description

The Galileon is a proposal to explain the current accelerated expansion of the universe through a scalar field with non-linear dynamics. The form of these non-linearities is protected by the Galileon symmetry and the theory is ghost free. I review the way in which the Galileon scalar field hides from experimental probes of gravity dynamically, showing that the theory is less constrained than previously supposed. I discuss the implications of this for quantum strong coupling scale.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/259/1/012045

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
259
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
16. international symposium on particles, strings and cosmology
Acronym
PASCOS 2010
Dates
19-23 Jul 2010
Place
Valencia (Spain)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43034128
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EXPANSION; GRAVITATION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; REVIEWS; SCALAR FIELDS; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SYMMETRY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS