Varying Alpha Driven by the Dirac-Born-Infeld Scalar Field

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2009-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/0907.2749v3

Phys.Lett.B682:98-104,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

12 pages, 1 table, 8 figures, revtex4; v2: discussions added, Phys. Lett. B in press; v3: published version

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2009.10.086

Since about ten years ago, varying $\alpha$ theories attracted many attentions, mainly due to the first observational evidence from the quasar absorption spectra that the fine structure ``constant'' might change with cosmological time. In this work, we investigate the cosmic evolution of $\alpha$ driven by the Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) scalar field. To be general, we consider various couplings between the DBI scalar field and the electromagnetic field. We also confront the resulting $\Delta\alpha/\alpha$ with the observational constraints, and find that various cosmological evolution histories of $\Delta\alpha/\alpha$ are allowed. Comparing with the case of varying $\alpha$ driven by quintessence, the corresponding constraints on the parameters of coupling have been relaxed, thanks to the relativistic correction of the DBI scalar field.

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