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Asymptotically Free Mimetic Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-08-05 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The idea of "asymptotically free" gravity is implemented using a constrained mimetic scalar field. The effective gravitational constant is assumed to vanish at some limiting curvature. As a result singularities in contracting spatially flat Friedmann and Kasner universes are avoided. The solutions in both cases approach de Sitter metric with a limiting curvature.We show that quantum metric fluctuations vanish when this limiting curvature is approached.

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@article{arxiv.1905.01343,
  title  = {Asymptotically Free Mimetic Gravity},
  author = {Ali H. Chamseddine and Viatcheslav Mukhanov and Tobias Russ},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.01343},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages

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