Reviving Horndeski Theory using Teleparallel Gravity after GW170817

Abstract

Horndeski gravity was highly constrained from the recent gravitational wave observations by the LIGO Collaboration down to $|c_g/c-1|\gtrsim 10^{-15}$. In this Letter we study the tensorial perturbations in a flat cosmological background for an analogue version of Horndenki gravity which is based in Teleparallel Gravity constructed from a flat manifold with a nonvanishing torsion tensor. It is found that in this approach, one can construct a more general Horndeski theory satisfying $c_T=c_g/c=1$ without eliminating the coupling functions $G_5(\varphi ,X)$ and $G_4(\varphi ,X)$ that were highly constrained in standard Horndeski theory. Hence, in the Teleparallel approach one is able to restore these terms, creating an interesting way to revive Horndeski gravity.

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