Extended Cosmology in Palatini f(R)-theories

Abstract

We consider the cosmological models based on Palatini f(R)-theory for the function f(R)=aR-2bR^2-3c/R, which, when only dust visible matter is considered, is called dune cosmology in view of the shape of the function f(R(a)) (being a the scale factor). We discuss about the meaning of solving the model, and interpret it according to Ehlers-Pirani-Schild framework as defining a Weyl geometry on spacetime. Accordingly, we extend the definitions of luminosity distance, proper distance, and redshift to Weyl geometries and fit the values of parameters to SNIa data. Since the theoretical prediction is model-dependent, we argue that the it is affected by an extra choice, namely a model for atomic clocks, which, in principle, produces observable effects. To the best of our knowledge, these effects have not being considered in the literature before.

24 pages, 14 figures

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