Vainshtein screening in Horndeski theories nonminimally and kinetically coupled to ordinary matter

Kitaro Taniguchi, Ryotaro Kase

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Abstract

We study the Vainshtein screening mechanism in Horndeski theories in the presence of a scalar field φ nonminimally and kinetically coupled to ordinary matter field. A general interacting Lagrangian describing this coupling is characterized by energy transfer f1 and momentum exchange f2. For a spherically symmetric configurations on top of the cosmological background, we investigate the static perturbations in linear and nonlinear regimes with respect to the scalar field perturbation. In the former regime, the parametrized post-Newtonian parameter generally deviates from unity as long as the matter coupling or G4,φ exists. On the other hand, in the latter regime, we show that the nonlinear self-interaction term of scalar field successfully activates the Vainshtein mechanism even in the presence of the couplings f1 and f2. The gravitational potentials recover the Newtonian behavior deep inside the Vainshtein radius. The bounds on coupling terms not to substantially change the Vainshtein radius are also given.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104044
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume105
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2022

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