TeVeS Cosmology : Covariant formalism for the background evolution and linear perturbation theory

Abstract

A relativistic theory of gravity has recently been proposed by Bekenstein, where gravity is mediated by a tensor, a vector and a scalar field, thus called TeVeS. The theory aims at modifying gravity in such a way as to reproduce Milgrom's MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) in the weak field, non-relativistic limit, which provides a framework to solve the missing mass problem in galaxies without invoking dark matter. In this paper I apply a covariant approach to formulate the cosmological equations for this theory, for both the background and linear perturbations. I derive the necessary perturbed equations for scalar, vector and tensor modes without adhering to a particular gauge. Special gauges are considered in the appendix.