Phase-space analysis of teleparallel dark energy
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065 (China)
- Physics Division, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou Campus, Athens (Greece)
- Department of Mathematics, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Santa Clara, CP 54830 (Cuba)
We perform a detailed dynamical analysis of the teleparallel dark energy scenario, which is based on the teleparallel equivalent of General Relativity, in which one adds a canonical scalar field, allowing also for a nonminimal coupling with gravity. We find that the universe can result in the quintessence-like, dark-energy-dominated solution, or to the stiff dark-energy late-time attractor, similarly to standard quintessence. However, teleparallel dark energy possesses an additional late-time solution, in which dark energy behaves like a cosmological constant, independently of the specific values of the model parameters. Finally, during the evolution the dark energy equation-of-state parameter can be either above or below -1, offering a good description for its observed dynamical behavior and its stabilization close to the cosmological-constant value.
- OSTI ID:
- 22279835
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 07; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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