scholarly journals STABLE SUPER-INFLATING COSMOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN f(R)-GRAVITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (06) ◽  
pp. 1250051 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIKHAIL M. IVANOV ◽  
ALEXEY V. TOPORENSKY

We consider super-inflating solutions in modified gravity for several popular families of f(R) functions. Using scalar field reformulation of f(R)-gravity we describe how the form of effective scalar field potential can be used for explaining existence of stable super-inflation solutions in the theory under consideration. Several new solutions of this type have been found analytically and checked numerically.

Author(s):  
D. Benisty ◽  
E. I. Guendelman ◽  
E. Nissimov ◽  
S. Pacheva

Abstract We propose a simple modified gravity model without any initial matter fields in terms of several alternative non-Riemannian spacetime volume elements within the metric (second order) formalism. We show how the non-Riemannian volume-elements, when passing to the physical Einstein frame, create a canonical scalar field and produce dynamically a non-trivial inflationary-type potential for the latter with a large flat region and a stable low-lying minimum. We study the evolution of the cosmological solutions from the point of view of theory of dynamical systems. The theory predicts the spectral index $$n_s \approx 0.96$$ns≈0.96 and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $$r \approx 0.002$$r≈0.002 for 60 e-folds, which is in accordance with the observational data. In the future Euclid and SPHEREx missions or the BICEP3 experiment are expected to provide experimental evidence to test those predictions.


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (31) ◽  
pp. 2697-2713
Author(s):  
KOUROSH NOZARI ◽  
SIAMAK AKHSHABI

We construct an inflation model on the Randall–Sundrum I (RSI) brane where a bulk scalar field stabilizes the inter-brane separation. We study impact of the bulk scalar field on the inflationary dynamics on the brane. We proceed in two different approaches: in the first approach, the stabilizing field potential is directly appeared in the Friedmann equation and the resulting scenario is effectively a two-field inflation. In the second approach, the stabilization mechanism is considered in the context of a warp factor so that there is just one field present that plays the roles of both inflaton and stabilizer. We study constraints imposed on the model parameters from recent observations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (8) ◽  
pp. 880-894
Author(s):  
M. Zubair ◽  
Farzana Kousar ◽  
Saira Waheed

In this paper, we explore the nature of scalar field potential in [Formula: see text] gravity using a well-motivated reconstruction scheme for flat Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) geometry. The beauty of this scheme lies in the assumption that the Hubble parameter can be expressed in terms of scalar field and vice versa. Firstly, we develop field equations in this gravity and present some general explicit forms of scalar field potential via this technique. In the first case, we take the de Sitter universe model and construct some field potentials by taking different cases for the coupling function. In the second case, we derive some field potentials using the power law model in the presence of different matter sources like barotropic fluid, cosmological constant, and Chaplygin gas for some coupling functions. From graphical analysis, it is concluded that using some specific values of the involved parameters, the reconstructed scalar field potentials are cosmologically viable in both cases.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saira Waheed ◽  
Iqra Nawazish ◽  
M. Zubair

AbstractThe present article investigates the existence of Noether and Noether gauge symmetries of flat Friedman–Robertson–Walker universe model with perfect fluid matter ingredients in a generalized scalar field formulation namely $$f(R,Y,\phi )$$ f ( R , Y , ϕ ) gravity, where R is the Ricci scalar and Y denotes the curvature invariant term defined by $$Y=R_{\alpha \beta }R^{\alpha \beta }$$ Y = R α β R α β , while $$\phi $$ ϕ represents scalar field. For this purpose, we assume different general cases of generic $$f(R,Y,\phi )$$ f ( R , Y , ϕ ) function and explore its possible forms along with field potential $$V(\phi )$$ V ( ϕ ) by taking constant and variable coupling function of scalar field $$\omega (\phi )$$ ω ( ϕ ) . In each case, we find non-trivial symmetry generator and its related first integrals of motion (conserved quantities). It is seen that due to complexity of the resulting system of Lagrange dynamical equations, it is difficult to find exact cosmological solutions except for few simple cases. It is found that in each case, the existence of Noether symmetries leads to power law form of scalar field potential and different new types of generic function. For the acquired exact solutions, we discuss the cosmology generated by these solutions graphically and discuss their physical significance which favors the accelerated expanding eras of cosmic evolution.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 807-816
Author(s):  
APOSTOLOS KUIROUKIDIS ◽  
DEMETRIOS B. PAPADOPOULOS

We consider a massless scalar field, conformally coupled to the Ricci scalar curvature, in the pre-inflation era of a closed FLRW Universe. The scalar field potential can be of the form of the Coleman–Weinberg one-loop potential, which is flat at the origin and drives the inflationary evolution. For positive values of the conformal parameter ξ, less than the critical value ξ c =(1/6), the model admits exact solutions with nonzero minimum scale factor and zero initial Hubble parameter. Thus these solutions can be matched smoothly to the so-called Pre-Big-Bang models. At the end of this pre-inflation era one can match inflationary solutions by specifying the form of the potential and the whole solution is of the class C(1).


2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 2173-2195 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEI FANG ◽  
H. Q. LU ◽  
Z. G. HUANG

The cosmological evolution in Nonlinear Born–Infeld (hereafter NLBI) scalar field theory with negative potentials was investigated. The cosmological solutions in some important evolutive epoches were obtained. The different evolutional behaviors between NLBI and linear (canonical) scalar field theory have been presented. A notable characteristic is that NLBI scalar field behaves as ordinary matter nearly the singularity while the linear scalar field behaves as "stiff" matter. We find that in order to accommodate current observational accelerating expanding universe the value of potential parameters |m| and |V0| must have an upper bound. We compare different cosmological evolutions for different potential parameters m, V0.


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