Published January 12, 2009
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Journal article
Scale invariance, unimodular gravity and dark energy
- 1. Institut de Theorie des Phenomenes Physiques, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
Description
We demonstrate that the combination of the ideas of unimodular gravity, scale invariance, and the existence of an exactly massless dilaton leads to the evolution of the universe supported by present observations: inflation in the past, followed by the radiation and matter dominated stages and accelerated expansion at present. All mass scales in this type of theories come from one and the same source
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.054Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.054;
- PII
- S0370-2693(08)01425-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 671
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 187-192
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40050457
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- EXPANSION; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GRAVITATION; HIGGS MODEL; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; MASS; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; SCALE INVARIANCE; STANDARD MODEL; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EVOLUTION; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.