An emergent universe supported by a nonlinear sigma model
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-05-08 v1
Abstract
We suggest the use of a nonlinear sigma model as the source which supports an emergent universe. The two-component nonlinear sigma model is considered as the simplest model containing inflaton and auxiliary chiral fields.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.0773,
title = {An emergent universe supported by a nonlinear sigma model},
author = {A. Beesham and S. V. Chervon and S. D. Maharaj},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.0773},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, To appear in Class. Quantum. Grav