Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2010-12-31
Lect.Notes Phys.800:99-145,2010
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
52 pages, 8 figures, a lecture note in the book "Lectures on Cosmology: Accelerated Expansion of the Universe (Lecture Notes i
Scientific paper
10.1007/978-3-642-10598-2_3
We review recent progress of modified gravity models of dark energy--based on f(R) gravity, scalar-tensor theories, braneworld gravity, Galileon gravity, and other theories. In f(R) gravity and Brans-Dicke theory it is possible to design viable models consistent with local gravity constraints under a chameleon mechanism, while satisfying conditions for the cosmological viability. The Dvali-Gabadazde-Porrati braneworld model can be compatible with local gravity constraints through a nonlinear field self-interaction arising from a brane-bending mode, but the self-accelerating solution contains a ghost mode in addition to the tension with observational data about the cosmic expansion history. The extension of the field self-interaction to more general forms satisfying a Galilean symmetry in the flat space-time allows a possibility to avoid the appearance of ghosts and Laplacian instabilities, while the late-time cosmic acceleration can be realized by the field kinetic energy. We study the evolution of cosmological perturbations in those models to place constraints on model parameters from the observations of large-scale structure, cosmic microwave background, and weak lensing. We also briefly review other modified gravitational models of dark energy-- such as those based on Gauss-Bonnet gravity and Lorentz-violating theories.
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