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Quasi-homologous spherically symmetric branes and their symmetry breaking
We revisit the dynamical system based approach of spherically symmetric
vacuum braneworlds, pointing out and studying the existence of a transcritical
bifurcation as the dark pressure parameter changes its sign, we analyze some
consequences of not discard the brane cosmological constant. For instance, it
is noteworthy that the existence of an isothermal state equation between the
dark fluid parameters cannot be obtained via the requirement of a
quasi-homologous symmetry of the vacuum.Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures. To appear in EPJ
Low redshift constraints on energy-momentum-powered gravity models
There has been recent interest in the cosmological consequences of
energy-momentum-powered gravity models, in which the matter side of Einstein's
equations is modified by the addition of a term proportional to some power,
, of the energy-momentum tensor, in addition to the canonical linear term.
In this work we treat these models as phenomenological extensions of the
standard CDM, containing both matter and a cosmological constant. We
also quantitatively constrain the additional model parameters using low
redshift background cosmology data that are specifically from Type Ia
supernovas and Hubble parameter measurements. We start by studying specific
cases of these models with fixed values of which lead to an analytic
expression for the Friedmann equation; we discuss both their current
constraints and how the models may be further constrained by future
observations of Type Ia supernovas for WFIRST complemented by measurements of
the redshift drift by the ELT. We then consider and constrain a more extended
parameter space, allowing to be a free parameter and considering scenarios
with and without a cosmological constant. These models do not solve the
cosmological constant problem per se. Nonetheless these models can
phenomenologically lead to a recent accelerating universe without a
cosmological constant at the cost of having a preferred matter density of
around instead of the usual . Finally we
also briefly constrain scenarios without a cosmological constant, where the
single component has a constant equation of state which needs not be that of
matter; we provide an illustrative comparison of this model with a more
standard dynamical dark energy model with a constant equation of state.Comment: 13+2 pages, 12+1 figures; A&A (in press
Solution for a local straight cosmic string in the braneworld gravity
In this work we deal with the spacetime shaped by a straight cosmic string,
emerging from local gauge theories, in the braneworld gravity context. We
search for physical consequences of string features due to the modified
gravitational scenario encoded in the projected gravitational equations. It is
shown that cosmic strings in braneworld gravity may present significant
differences when compared to the general relativity predictions since its
linear density is modified and the deficit angle produced by the cosmic string
is attenuated. Furthermore, the existence of cosmic strings in that scenario
requires a strong restriction to the braneworld tension: , in Planck units.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Static Domain Wall in the Braneworld gravity
In this paper we consider a static domain wall inside a 3-brane. Differently
of the standard achievement obtained in General Relativity, the analysis
performed here gives a consistency condition for the existence of static domain
walls in a braneworld gravitational scenario. It is also shown the behavior of
the domain wall gravitational field in the newtonian limit.Comment: 11 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in EPJ
Brane Cosmic String Compactification in Brans-Dicke Theory
We investigate an alternative compactification of extra dimensions using
local cosmic string in the Brans-Dicke gravity framework. In the context of
dynamical systems it is possible to show that there exist a stable field
configuration for the Einstein-Brans-Dicke equations. We explore the analogies
between this particular model and the Randall-Sundrum scenario.Comment: RevTex, 5 pages, no figures. To appear in the Physical Review
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