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关于变精细结构常数的广义理论

On Generalized Theories of Varying Fine Structure Constant

Soumya Chakrabarti

摘要:

我们的工作与一类标量扩展理论的引力,可以驱动目前的宇宙加速,以及容纳一个温和的宇宙变化的精细结构常数$α$。其动机来自于贝肯斯坦、山特维克、巴罗和马盖霍提出的一个经典理论。实标量场与带电物质相互作用引入了$α$变分。我们执行的宇宙学重建的基础上,目前的宇宙物质密度的参数化。观测的一致性是通过比较与JLA + OHD + BAO数据集的理论估计,使用马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗模拟。对HIRES和UVES谱仪的分子吸收线的分析被认为是$α$在不同红移处变化的参考。两个例子进行了讨论。第一个探讨了与带电物质相互作用的标量场的场依赖的动力学耦合。第二个例子是一个广义的Brans-Dicke形式主义,其中变化的$α$作为一个有效的物质场。这产生牛顿常数$G$和$α$的同时变化。这种变化的模式在宇宙膨胀历史中可能起着至关重要的作用。

英文摘要:

We work with a class of scalar extended theory of gravity that can drive the present cosmic acceleration as well as accommodate a mild cosmic variation of the fine structure constant $α$. The motivation comes from a vintage theory developed by Bekenstein, Sandvik, Barrow and Magueijo. The $α$ variation is introduced by a real scalar field interacting with charged matter. We execute a cosmological reconstruction based on a parametrization of the present matter density of the Universe. Observational consistency is ensured by comparing the theoretical estimates with JLA + OHD + BAO data sets, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation. An analysis of molecular absorption lines from HIRES and UVES spectrographs is considered as a reference for the variation of $α$ at different redshifts. Two examples are discussed. The first explores a field-dependent kinetic coupling of the scalar field interacting with charged matter. The second example is a generalized Brans-Dicke formalism where the varying $α$ is fitted in as an effective matter field. This generates a simultaneous variation of the Newtonian constant $G$ and $α$. The pattern of this variation can have a crucial role in cosmic expansion history.

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