Cosmological dynamics of interacting dark energy and dark matter in viable models of f(R) gravity

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the dynamics of the interacting dark energy and dark matter in viable models of $f(R)$ gravity by using a standard framework of dynamical system analysis. A simple form of the interacting dark energy $Q=3\alpha H\rho_{m}$ is used to study three viable models of $f(R)$ gravity which are consistent with local gravity constraints and satisfying conditions for the cosmological viability. As a result, we find that the fixed points are slightly modified from those obtained in the standard non-interacting analysis of $f(R)$ gravity proposed so far in the literature. In our models of adding this interaction, we find that the dynamical profiles of the universe in the viable $f(R)$ dark energy models are modified by the interaction term as well as their relevant model parameters. Moreover, our results yield the correct cosmological evolution with additional constraint parameter, $\alpha$, from the interacting dark energy.