https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11023-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Tachyonic cosmology with cubic contractions of the Riemann tensor
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, 077125, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
Received:
3
March
2022
Accepted:
12
November
2022
Published online:
27
November
2022
A new cosmological theory is proposed in the theoretical framework of modified gravity theories which is based on a tachyonic field non-minimally coupled with a specific topological invariant constructed with third order contractions of the Riemann tensor. After proposing the action of the cosmological model, the modified Friedmann relations and the Klein–Gordon equations are obtained, describing the corresponding geometrical corrections to the Einstein–Hilbert action. The physical features of the cosmological system are investigated by adopting the dynamical system analysis in the case of an exponential function for the geometrical coupling term. The investigation revealed that the cosmological system can explain the current accelerated expansion of the Universe and the matter dominated epoch, showing a high compatibility to the recent history of our Universe for various values of the coupling coefficients.
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