Published January 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

A test of Hořava gravity: the dark energy

Creators

  • 1. Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Recently Hořava proposed a renormalizable gravity theory with higher spatial derivatives in four dimensions which reduces to Einstein gravity with a non-vanishing cosmological constant in IR but with improved UV behaviors. Here, I consider a non-trivial test of the new gravity theory in FRW universe by considering an IR modification which breaks ''softly'' the detailed balance condition in the original Hořava model. I separate the dark energy parts from the usual Einstein gravity parts in the Friedman equations and obtain the formula of the equations of state parameter. The IR modified Hořava gravity seems to be consistent with the current observational data but we need some more refined data sets to see whether the theory is really consistent with our universe. From the consistency of our theory, I obtain some constraints on the allowed values of w0 and wa in the Chevallier, Polarski, and Linder's parametrization and this may be tested in the near future, by sharpening the data sets

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2010/01/001

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2010
Journal Issue
01
Journal Page Range
p. 001
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45094168
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FIELD EQUATIONS; GRAVITATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIMITING VALUES; MODIFICATIONS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; RENORMALIZATION; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUATIONS; MATTER; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS