Viable f(R) gravity and future cosmological evolution

Abstract

One of the so-called viable modified gravities is analyzed. This kind of gravity theories are characterized by a well behavior at local scales, where General Relativity is recovered, while the modified terms become important at the cosmological level, where the late-time accelerating era is reproduced, and even the inflationary phase. In the present work, the future cosmological evolution for one of these models is studied. A transition to the phantom phase is observed. Furthermore, the scalar-tensor equivalence of f(R) gravity is also considered, which provides important information concerning this kind of models.

4 pages. To appear in the proceedings of the Multiverse and Fundamental Cosmology Conference (Multicosmofun 2012), Szczecin, Poland