2017/10/13 by L. N. Granda, Granda, L. N., D. F. Jimenez +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.04760
31 pages, 3 figures, to appear in EPJC
arxiv created 2017/10/13 · openalex publication_date 2017/10/13 · arxiv updated 2017/10/16 · openalex created_date 2017/10/20 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the autonomous system for a scalar-tensor model of dark energy with Gauss-Bonnet and non-minimal couplings. The critical points describe important stable asymptotic scenarios including quintessence, phantom and de Sitter attractor solutions. Two functional forms for the coupling functions and the scalar potential were considered: power-law and exponential functions of the scalar field. For the exponential functions the existence of stable quintessence, phantom or de Sitter solutions, allows an asymptotic behavior where the effective Newtonian coupling becomes constant. The phantom solutions could be realized without appealing to ghost degrees of freedom. Transient inflationary and radiation dominated phases can also be described.