Structure Formation in the Effective Field Theory of Holographic Dark Energy

Abstract

We investigate the structure formation in the effective field theory of the holographic dark energy. The equation of motion for the energy contrast $\hat{I}{´}_m$ of the cold dark matter is the same as the one in the general relativity up to the leading order in the small scale limit $k\gg aH$, provided the equation of state is Quintessence-like. Our effective field theory breaks down while the equation of state becomes phantom-like. We propose a solution to this problem by eliminating the scalar graviton.

17 pages, 4 figures; revised appendix