Big rip in shift-symmetric Kinetic Gravity Braiding theories
arXiv:2210.07276 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137711
Abstract
We revise the future fate of a group of scalar-tensor theories known as kinetic gravity braiding models. As it is well-known, these theories can safely drive the expansion of the universe towards a future de Sitter state if the corresponding Lagrangian is invariant under constant shifts in the scalar field. However, this is not the only possible future state of these shift-symmetric models as we show in this letter. In fact, future cosmic singularities characterized by a divergence of the energy density can also appear in this framework. We present an explicit example where a big rip singularity is the only possible future fate of the cosmos.
arXiv comment6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. v2: minor modifications in the conclusions section, no physics changes, matches PLB published version
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