Hypergeometric viable models in $f(R)$ gravity

Abstract

A cosmologically viable hypergeometric model in the modified gravity theory $f(R)$ is found from the need for asintoticity towards $\Lambda$CDM, the existence of an inflection point in the $f(R)$ curve, and the conditions of viability given by the phase space curves $(m,r)$, where $m$ and $r$ are characteristic functions of the model. To analyze the constraints associated with the viability requirements, the models were expressed in terms of a dimensionless variable, i.e. $R\to x$ and $f(R)\to y(x)=x+h(x)+\lambda$, where $h(x)$ represents the deviation of the model from General Relativity. Using the geometric properties imposed by the inflection point, differential equations were constructed to relate $h^{\prime }(x)$ and $h^{\prime \prime }(x)$, and the solutions found were Starobinsky (2007) and Hu-Sawicki type models, nonetheless, it was found that these differential equations are particular cases of a hypergeometric differential equation, so that these models can be obtained from a general hypergeometric model. The parameter domains of this model were analyzed to make the model viable.

10 pages, 3 figures

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