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Aspects of non-singular bounce in modified gravity theories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-10-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Scenario of a bouncing universe is one of the most active area of research to arrive at singularity free cosmological models. Different proposals have been suggested to avoid the so called 'big bang' singularity through the quantum aspect of gravity which is yet to have a proper understanding. In this work, on the contrary, we consider three different approaches, each of which goes beyond General Relativity but remain within the domain of classical cosmological scenario, to address this problem. The hallmark of all these approaches is that the origin of the bouncing mechanism is somewhat natural within the geometrical framework of the model without any need of incorporating external source by hand. In the context of these scenarios ,we also discuss various constraints that these viable cosmological models need to satisfy.

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@article{arxiv.2205.05283,
  title  = {Aspects of non-singular bounce in modified gravity theories},
  author = {Indrani Banerjee and Tanmoy Paul and Soumitra SenGupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.05283},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Accepted by GRG in the memorial volume for Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2109.00345, arXiv:2202.13186