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Background cosmological dynamics in gravity and observational constraints
In this paper, we carry out a study of viable cosmological models in
-gravity at the background level. We use observable parameters like
and to form autonomous system of equations and show that the
models under consideration exhibit two different regimes in their time
evolution, namely, a phantom phase followed by a quintessence like behavior. We
employ statefinder parameters to emphasize a characteristic discriminative
signature of these models.Comment: 6 pages, Latex style, 9 eps figures, replaced versions with new
references added, Submitted to Phys.Rev.
Modified gravity a la Galileon: Late time cosmic acceleration and observational constraints
In this paper we examine the cosmological consequences of fourth order
Galileon gravity. We carry out detailed investigations of the underlying
dynamics and demonstrate the stability of one de Sitter phase. The stable de
Sitter phase contains a Galileon field which is an increasing function of
time (\dot{\pi}>0). Using the required suppression of the fifth force,
supernovae, BAO and CMB data, we constrain parameters of the model. We find
that the matter coupling parameter is constrained to small
numerical values such that <0.02. We also show that the parameters of
the third and fourth order in the action (c_3,c_4) are not independent and with
reasonable assumptions, we obtain constraints on them. We investigate the
growth history of the model and find that the sub-horizon approximation is not
allowed for this model. We demonstrate strong scale dependence of linear
perturbations in the fourth order Galileon gravity.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figures, references added, final version to appear in PR
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