C. B. D. Fernandes, C. J. A. P. Martins, B. A. R. Rocha
Abstract
We present a comparative analysis of observational low-redshift background constraints on three candidate models for explaining the low-redshift acceleration of the universe. The generalized coupling model by Feng and Carloni and the scale invariant model by Maeder (both of which can be interpreted as bimetric theories) are compared to the traditional parametrization of Chevallier, Polarski and Linder. In principle the generalized coupling model, which in vacuum is equivalent to General Relativity, contains two types of vacuum energy: the usual cosmological constant plus a second contribution due to the matter fields. We show that the former is necessary for the model to agree with low-redshift observations, while there is no statistically significant evidence for the presence of the second. On the other hand the scale invariant model effectively has a time-dependent cosmological constant. In this case we show that a matter density Ωm ∼ 0.3 is a relatively poor fit to the data, and the best-fit model would require a fluid with a much smaller density and a significantly positive equation of state parameter.
Keywords
Cosmology; Dark energy; Modified gravity; Cosmological observations; Statistical analysis; Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Physics of the Dark Universe
Volume 31, Number 1007, Page 15
2021 January
