Brans-Dicke cosmology with a scalar field potential

Oct, 2002
6 pages
Published in:
  • EPL 60 (2002) 155-161
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Three solutions of the Brans-Dicke theory with a self-interacting quartic potential and perfect fluid distribution are presented for a spatially flat geometry. The physical behavior is consistent with the recent cosmological scenario favored by type Ia supernova observations, indicating an accelerated expansion of the Universe.
  • Brans-Dicke model
  • field theory: scalar
  • potential
  • fluid
  • space-time: Robertson-Walker
  • supernova
  • field equations: solution
  • energy: density
  • astrophysics: acceleration
  • numerical calculations