Double screening. Issue 6 (15th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gratia, Pierre; Hu, Wayne; Joyce, Austin; Ribeiro, Raquel H.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics. Volume 2016:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 033
• Page End: 033
• Publication Date: 2016-06-15
• Subjects: dark energy theory -- modified gravity; Cosmology -- Periodicals; Astrophysics -- Periodicals; 523.0105
• DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/06/033
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-7516

Abstract

Abstract: Attempts to modify gravity in the infrared typically require a screening mechanism to ensure consistency with local tests of gravity. These screening mechanisms fit into three broad classes; we investigate theories which are capable of exhibiting more than one type of screening. Specifically, we focus on a simple model which exhibits both Vainshtein and kinetic screening. We point out that due to the two characteristic length scales in the problem, the type of screening that dominates depends on the mass of the sourcing object, allowing for different phenomenology at different scales. We consider embedding this double screening phenomenology in a broader cosmological scenario and show that the simplest examples that exhibit double screening are radiatively stable.