Is Cosmic Speed-Up Due to New Gravitational Physics?

Jun, 2003
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 70 (2004) 043528
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Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-03-263-A,
  • SU-GP-03-6-2

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We show that cosmic acceleration can arise due to very tiny corrections to the usual gravitational action of General Relativity of the form RnR^n, with n<0n<0. This eliminates the need for dark energy, though it does not address the cosmological constant problem. Since a modification to the Einstein-Hilbert action of the form RnR^n, with n>0n>0, can lead to early-time inflation, our proposal provides a unified and purely gravitational origin for the early and late time accelerating phases of the Universe.
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  • astrophysics: acceleration
  • general relativity
  • gravitation: correction
  • dark energy
  • inflation
  • cosmic radiation: anisotropy
  • numerical calculations