A QUINTESSENCE PROBLEM IN BRANS–DICKE THEORY WITH VARYING SPEED OF LIGHT

2003/02/01 by Subenoy Chakraborty, N. C. Chakraborty, NARAYAN CHANDRA CHAKRABORTY +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271803002792

published as Int.J.Mod.Phys.D12:325-335,2003 · 8 Latex pages, 6 figures, Revtex style

openalex publication_date 2003/02/01 · arxiv created 2003/05/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

It is shown that minimally coupled scalar field in Brans–Dicke theory with varying speed of light can solve the quintessence problem and it is possible to have a non-decelerated expansion of the present universe with Brans–Dicke-theory for anisotropic models without any matter.

Citations

• Domain Wall Dominated Universes
• A time varying speed of light as a solution to cosmological puzzles
• The Case for a Positive Cosmological Lambda-term

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