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Phys. Rev. D 71, 063513 (2005) [11 pages]

Cosmology of generalized modified gravity models

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Sean M. Carroll1,*, Antonio De Felice2,†, Vikram Duvvuri1,‡, Damien A. Easson2,§, Mark Trodden2,**, and Michael S. Turner1,3,4,††
1Enrico Fermi Institute, Department of Physics, and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1433, USA
2Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130, USA
3Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1433, USA
4NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510-0500, USA

Received 3 December 2004; published 18 March 2005

We consider general curvature-invariant modifications of the Einstein-Hilbert action that become important only in regions of extremely low space-time curvature. We investigate the far future evolution of the Universe in such models, examining the possibilities for cosmic acceleration and other ultimate destinies. The models generically possess de Sitter space as an unstable solution and exhibit an interesting set of attractor solutions which, in some cases, provide alternatives to dark energy models.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.063513
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.063513
PACS:
98.80.–k, 04.50.+h

*carroll@theory.uchicago.edu

defelice@physics.syr.edu

duvvuri@theory.uchicago.edu

§easson@physics.syr.edu

**trodden@physics.syr.edu

††mturner@oddjob.uchicago.edu