Otalora, G. [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-272013-07-01Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, v. 2013, n. 7, 2013.1475-7516http://hdl.handle.net/11449/75793It has been proposed recently the existence of a non-minimal coupling between a canonical scalar field (quintessence) and gravity in the framework of teleparallel gravity, motivated by similar constructions in the context of General Relativity. The dynamics of the model, known as teleparallel dark energy, has been further developed, but no scaling attractor has been found. Here we consider a model in which the non-minimal coupling is ruled by a dynamically changing coefficient α≡f,φ/(f)1/2, with f(φ) an arbitrary function of the scalar field φ. It is shown that in this case the existence of scaling attractors is possible, which means that the universe will eventually enter these scaling attractors, regardless of the initial conditions. As a consequence, the cosmological coincidence problem could be alleviated without fine-tunings. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.engdark energy theorymodified gravityArtigo10.1088/1475-7516/2013/07/044WOS:000322582000045Acesso restrito2-s2.0-84882969567