https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5460-y
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Reconstruction from scalar–tensor theory and the inhomogeneous equation of state in f(T) gravity
1
Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
2
Department of Physics, University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
* e-mail: jackson.said@um.edu.mt
Received:
12
July
2017
Accepted:
8
December
2017
Published online:
18
December
2017
General relativity (GR) characterizes gravity as a geometric properly exhibited as curvature on spacetime. Teleparallelism describes gravity through torsional properties, and can reproduce GR at the level of equations. Similar to f(R) gravity, on taking a generalization, f(T) gravity can produce various modifications its gravitational mechanism. The resulting field equations are inherently distinct to f(R) gravity in that they are second order. In the present work, f(T) gravity is examined in the cosmological context with a number of solutions reconstructed by means of an auxiliary scalar field. To do this, various forms of the Hubble parameter are considered with an f(T) Lagrangian emerging for each instance. In addition, the inhomogeneous equation of state (EoS) is investigated with a particular Hubble parameter model used to show how this can be used to reconstruct the f(T) Lagrangian. Observationally, the auxiliary scalar field and the exotic terms in the FRW field equations give the same results, meaning that the variation in the Hubble parameter may be interpreted as the need to reformulate gravity in some way, as in f(T) gravity.
© The Author(s), 2017
