Dynamical analysis and cosmological viability of varying G and Lambda cosmology

Abstract

The cosmological viability of varying Gleft( tright) and Lambda left( tright) cosmology is discussed by determining the cosmological eras provided by the theory. Such a study is performed with the determination of the critical points while stability analysis is performed. The application of renormalization group in the ADM formalism of general relativity provides a modified second-order theory of gravity where varying Gleft( tright) plays the role of a minimally coupled field, different from that of scalar–tensor theories, while Lambda left( tright) =Lambda left( Gleft( tright) right) is a potential term. We find that the theory provides two de Sitter phases and a tracking solution. In the presence of matter source, two new critical points are introduced, where the matter source contributes to the universe. One of those points describes the Lambda CDM cosmology and in order for the solution at the point to be cosmologically viable, it has to be unstable. Moreover, the second point, where matter exists, describes a universe where the dark energy parameter for the equation of state has a different value from that of the cosmological constant.