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通过Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi非均匀扰动探测$f(R)$引力的特征

Signature of $f\left(R\right)$ gravity via Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi inhomogeneous perturbations

Tiziano Schiavone, Giovanni Montani

AI总结:

本研究基于LTB度规和线性微扰理论,对比$Λ$LTB模型与约旦框架下$f(R)$引力的非均匀宇宙模型,发现后者径向扰动存在类汤川贡献且无发散,为区分宇宙加速的成因提供了新途径。

摘要:

我们分析了局域宇宙中的非均匀宇宙学模型,该模型由Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi(LTB,勒梅特-托尔曼-邦迪)度规描述,基于均匀各向同性宇宙背景下的线性微扰理论构建。针对球对称非均匀性的不同演化过程,我们将纳入宇宙学常数$Λ$的$Λ$LTB模型,与约旦框架下基于$f(R)$修正引力理论的非均匀宇宙学模型进行对比。我们采用分离变量法求解两类非均匀宇宙学模型的场方程组:局域扰动的径向分布可通过解析方法积分得到,而其时间演化则需要数值方法求解。分析的核心结果表明,$f(R)$引力约旦框架中存在的非最小耦合标量场,会导致局域非均匀性的径向分布存在差异。在$Λ$LTB模型中,径向扰动遵循幂律分布,而在$f(R)$理论中则出现类汤川(Yukawa-like)贡献。值得注意的是,这种径向分布的特殊特征不受$f(R)$函数形式选择的影响。含时扰动的数值解显示其分布不会发散。本研究表明,对晚期宇宙局域非均匀性的研究,可帮助我们区分当前宇宙加速膨胀是由宇宙学常数项还是修正引力效应导致的。

英文摘要:

We analyze inhomogeneous cosmological models in the local Universe, described by the Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) metric and developed using linear perturbation theory on a homogeneous and isotropic Universe background. Focusing on the different evolution of spherical symmetric inhomogeneities, we compare the $Λ$LTB model, in which the cosmological constant $Λ$ is included in the LTB formalism, with inhomogeneous cosmological models based on $f\left(R\right)$ modified gravity theories viewed in the Jordan frame. We solve the system of field equations for both inhomogeneous cosmological models adopting the method of separation of variables: we integrate analytically the radial profiles of local perturbations, while their time evolution requires a numerical approach. The main result of the analysis concerns the different radial profiles of local inhomogeneities due to the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field in the Jordan frame of $f\left(R\right)$ gravity. While radial perturbations follow a power-law in the $Λ$LTB model, Yukawa-like contributions appear in the $f\left(R\right)$ theory. Interestingly, this latter peculiar behavior of radial profile is not affected by the choice of the $f\left(R\right)$ functional form. The numerical solution of time-dependent perturbations exhibits a non-diverging profile. This work suggests that investigations about local inhomogeneities in the late Universe may allow us to discriminate if the present cosmic acceleration is caused by a cosmological constant term or a modified gravity effect.

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