A modified holographic Ricci dark energy model in a self-creation cosmology

Abstract

This paper deals with a locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi type II space–time with dark matter and anisotropic modified holographic Ricci dark energy as source in second self-creation theory of gravitation proposed by Barber (Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 14, 117 (1982)). To solve the field equations of this theory we have used (i) hybrid expansion law, (ii) a relation between metric potentials and a modified holographic Ricci dark energy given by Chen and Jing (Phys. Lett. B, 679, 144 (2009)). The solution obtained represents a Bianchi type II modified holographic dark energy model in self-creation cosmology. We observe that there is a smooth transition of the universe from decelerated phase to accelerated phase. This fact is in good agreement with the observations of modern cosmology. We have also discussed some important physical aspects of the model.