New synthesis of matter and gravity: A nongravitating scalar field

Inyong Cho, Hyeong Chan Kim

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Abstract

We present a new manifestation of the nonlinearity of gravity-matter interactions. We show explicitly that there exists a nongravitating dynamical scalar field solution in Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity. This kind of solution has not been found in previous literature based on general relativity or other modified gravity theories. The perturbation analysis shows that the solution is a late-time attractor if the scalar field rolls down the potential. This indicates that there are two weak-gravity regimes in the theory - one in the general relativity regime, and the other in the Eddington regime.

Original languageEnglish
Article number064038
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume88
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Sep 2013

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