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Classification of Cosmological Trajectories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

In the context of effective Friedmann equation we classify the cosmologies in multi-scalar models with an arbitrary scalar potential VV according to their geometric properties. It is shown that all flat cosmologies are geodesics with respect to a conformally rescaled metric on the `augmented' target space. Non-flat cosmologies with V=0 are also investigated. It is shown that geodesics in a `doubly-augmented' target space yield cosmological trajectories for any curvature kk when projected onto a given hypersurface.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0504033,
  title  = {Classification of Cosmological Trajectories},
  author = {Qi Guo and Rong-Gen Cai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0504033},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages

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