Generalised Proca Theories in Teleparallel Gravity

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new class of teleparallel gravity models based on generalized Proca theories, which could significantly influence cosmological background evolution due to their extended framework.

Contribution

It develops a teleparallel gravity analog to generalized Proca theories, expanding the theoretical landscape with lower order torsion-based models.

Findings

New teleparallel Proca action formulated.

Extended class of models affecting cosmological background.

Potential for richer phenomenology in cosmology.

Abstract

Generalised Proca theories of gravity represent an interesting class of vector-tensor theories where only three propagating degrees of freedom are present. In this work, we propose a new teleparallel gravity analog to Proca theories where the generalised Proca framework is extended due to the lower order nature of torsion based gravity. We develop a new action contribution and explore the example of the Friedmann equations in this regime. We find that teleparallel Proca theories offer the possibility of a much larger class of models in which do have an impact on background cosmology.