63 research outputs found
On the emergence of the CDM model from self-interacting Brans-Dicke theory in
We investigate whether a self-interacting Brans-Dicke theory in without
matter and with a time-dependent metric can describe, after dimensional
reduction to , the FLRW model with accelerated expansion and
non-relativistic matter. By rewriting the effective 4-dimensional theory as an
autonomous three-dimensional dynamical system and studying its critical points,
we show that the CDM cosmology cannot emerge from such a model. This
result suggests that a richer structure in may be needed to obtain the
accelerated expansion as well as the matter content of the 4-dimensional
universe.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Constraining f(R) theories with cosmography
A method to set constraints on the parameters of extended theories of
gravitation is presented. It is based on the comparison of two series
expansions of any observable that depends on H(z). The first expansion is of
the cosmographical type, while the second uses the dependence of H with z
furnished by a given type of extended theory. When applied to f(R) theories
together with the redshift drift, the method yields limits on the parameters of
two examples (the theory of Hu and Sawicki (2007), and the exponential gravity
introduced by Linder (2009)) that are compatible with or more stringent than
the existing ones, as well as a limit for a previously unconstrained parameter.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures; v2: modifications in title and presentation,
results unchange
Accretion disks around black holes in modified strong gravity
Stellar-mass black holes offer what is perhaps the best scenario to test
theories of gravity in the strong-field regime. In particular, f(R) theories,
which have been widely discuss in a cosmological context, can be constrained
through realistic astrophysical models of phenomena around black holes. We aim
at building radiative models of thin accretion disks for both Schwarzschild and
Kerr black holes in f(R) gravity. We study particle motion in
f(R)-Schwarzschild and Kerr space-times. We present the spectral energy
distribution of the accretion disk around constant Ricci scalar f(R) black
holes, and constrain specific f(R) prescriptions using features of these
systems. A precise determination of both the spin and accretion rate onto black
holes along with X-ray observations of their thermal spectrum might allow to
identify deviations of gravity from General Relativity. We use recent data on
the high-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-1 to restrict the values of the parameters
of a class of f(R) models.Comment: 16 pages, 20 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy &
Astrophysic
Brans-Dicke wormholes in nonvacuum spacetime
Analytical wormhole solutions in Brans-Dicke theory in the presence of matter
are presented. It is shown that the wormhole throat must not be necessarily
threaded with exotic matter.Comment: Minor corrections, to be published in Phys. Rev.
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