Extended Cuscuton as Dark Energy

Abstract

Late-time cosmology in the extended cuscuton theory is studied, in which gravity is modified while one still has no extra dynamical degrees of freedom other than two tensor modes. We present a simple example admitting analytic solutions for the cosmological background evolution that mimics $\Lambda$CDM cosmology. We argue that the extended cuscuton as dark energy can be constrained, like usual scalar-tensor theories, by the growth history of matter density perturbations and the time variation of Newton's constant.

arXiv comment12 pages, 2 figures

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