European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Dec 2020)

Einstein-aether theory in Weyl integrable geometry

  • Andronikos Paliathanasis,
  • Genly Leon,
  • John D. Barrow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08598-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 80, no. 12
pp. 1 – 12

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Abstract We study the Einstein-aether theory in Weyl integrable geometry. The scalar field which defines the Weyl affine connection is introduced in the gravitational field equation. We end up with an Einstein-aether scalar field model where the interaction between the scalar field and the aether field has a geometric origin. The scalar field plays a significant role in the evolution of the gravitational field equations. We focus our study on the case of homogeneous and isotropic background spacetimes and study their dynamical evolution for various cosmological models.