The cosmology of the Fab-Four

We have recently proposed a novel self tuning mechanism to alleviate the famous cosmological constant problem, based on the general scalar tensor theory proposed by Horndeski. The self-tuning model ends up consisting of four geometric terms in the action, with each term containing a free potential f...

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Main Authors: Copeland, Edmund J., Padilla, Antonio, Saffin, Paul M.
Format: Article
Published: IOP Publishing 2012
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42146/