Superluminality in DHOST theory with extra scalar
arXiv:2011.14912 · doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2021)035
Abstract
We consider DHOST Ia theory interacting gravitationally with an additional conventional scalar field minimally coupled to gravity. At the linearized level of perturbations about cosmological background, we find that in the presence of a slowly rolling extra scalar field, one of the modes generically propagates at superluminal speed. This result is valid for any stable cosmological background. We identify a subclass of DHOST Ia theories in which this superluminality property is absent, and all modes may propagate (sub)luminally. We discuss possible implications for the interacting DHOST Ia theories.
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