Journal
PHYSICS LETTERS B
Volume 693, Issue 2, Pages 198-208Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.08.030
Keywords
Dark energy; Modified gravity; Lagrange multiplier field
Funding
- INFN-MEC
- Nagoya University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [G07]
- MEC (Spain) [FIS2006-02842]
- LRSS [3558.2010.2]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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We study scalar-tensor theory, k-essence and modified gravity with Lagrange multiplier constraint which role is to reduce the number of degrees of freedom. Dark Energy cosmology of different types (Lambda CDM, unified inflation with DE, smooth non-phantom/phantom transition epoch) is reconstructed in such models. It is demonstrated that presence of Lagrange multiplier simplifies the reconstruction scenario. It is shown that mathematical equivalence between scalar theory and F(R) gravity is broken due to presence of constraint. The cosmological evolution is defined by the second F-2(R) function dictated by the constraint. The convenient F(R) gravity sector is relevant for local tests. This opens the possibility to make originally non-realistic theory to be viable by adding the corresponding constraint. A general discussion on the role of Lagrange multipliers to make higher-derivative gravity canonical is developed. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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