On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity
Abstract We study Proca theory with non-minimal coupling to gravity through the Ricci tensor and Ricci scalar interactions. We show that in the homogeneous and isotropic Universe together with cosmological constant, the temporal component of the vector field acquires a background value. As a result,...
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| description | Abstract We study Proca theory with non-minimal coupling to gravity through the Ricci tensor and Ricci scalar interactions. We show that in the homogeneous and isotropic Universe together with cosmological constant, the temporal component of the vector field acquires a background value. As a result, we show that the theory propagates an additional degree of freedom, with respect to the generalized Proca theories, whose kinetic term suggests the presence of several strong coupling regimes that depend on the value of the background solution, the combination and vanishing of coupling constants, together with a scale-dependent one. We show in addition, that the speed of propagation for this mode vanishes, indicating the presence of a another type of strong coupling. To further investigate this, we extend our analysis to the Bianchi Type I Universe, with the most general solution for the vector field. We show that the extra degree of freedom remains in the theory. Among the modes, we further show that the mode with vanishing speed of propagation is still present, pointing to the strong coupling. In addition, we discover a mode with scale-dependent strong coupling (vanishing kinetic term), one mode that propagates only in one single direction and two unstable modes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6f47ee1658d142c59bac9d82bf46e3542025-08-20T03:45:40ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-07-012025715110.1007/JHEP07(2025)228On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravityAntonio De Felice0Anamaria Hell1Center for Gravitational Physics and Quantum Information, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto UniversityKavli IPMU (WPI), UTIAS, The University of TokyoAbstract We study Proca theory with non-minimal coupling to gravity through the Ricci tensor and Ricci scalar interactions. We show that in the homogeneous and isotropic Universe together with cosmological constant, the temporal component of the vector field acquires a background value. As a result, we show that the theory propagates an additional degree of freedom, with respect to the generalized Proca theories, whose kinetic term suggests the presence of several strong coupling regimes that depend on the value of the background solution, the combination and vanishing of coupling constants, together with a scale-dependent one. We show in addition, that the speed of propagation for this mode vanishes, indicating the presence of a another type of strong coupling. To further investigate this, we extend our analysis to the Bianchi Type I Universe, with the most general solution for the vector field. We show that the extra degree of freedom remains in the theory. Among the modes, we further show that the mode with vanishing speed of propagation is still present, pointing to the strong coupling. In addition, we discover a mode with scale-dependent strong coupling (vanishing kinetic term), one mode that propagates only in one single direction and two unstable modes.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)228Classical Theories of GravityCosmological modelsEffective Field Theories |
| spellingShingle | Antonio De Felice Anamaria Hell On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity Journal of High Energy Physics Classical Theories of Gravity Cosmological models Effective Field Theories |
| title | On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity |
| title_full | On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity |
| title_fullStr | On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity |
| title_short | On the cosmological degrees of freedom of Proca field with non-minimal coupling to gravity |
| title_sort | on the cosmological degrees of freedom of proca field with non minimal coupling to gravity |
| topic | Classical Theories of Gravity Cosmological models Effective Field Theories |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)228 |
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