Relaxing Nucleosynthesis Constraints on Brans-Dicke Theories

Details Relaxing Nucleosynthesis Constraints on Brans-Dicke Theories Relaxing Nucleosynthesis Constraints on Brans-Dicke Theories

2005-10-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510359v2

Phys.Rev.D74:103005,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 2 figures, uses RevTeX. Dedicated to Rafael Sorkin, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, and to celebrate his wonder

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.74.103005

We reconsider constraints on Brans-Dicke theories arising from the requirement of successful Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Such constraints typically arise by imposing that the universe be radiation-dominated at early times, and therefore restricting the contribution that a Brans-Dicke scalar could make to the energy budget of the universe. However, in this paper we show how the dynamics of the Brans-Dicke scalar itself can mimic a portion of the radiation contribution, thereby allowing successful nucleosynthesis with a sizable contribution to the total cosmic energy density. This possibility significantly relaxes the existing bounds on Brans-Dicke fields, and opens the door to new possibilities for early universe cosmology. The necessary fine tunings required by such an arrangement are identified and discussed.

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