Complete conformal classification of the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker solutions with a linear equation of state
Abstract
We completely classify Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker solutions with spatial curvature and equation of state , according to their conformal structure, singularities and trapping horizons. We do not assume any energy conditions and allow , thereby going beyond the usual well-known solutions. For each spatial curvature, there is an initial spacelike big-bang singularity for and , while no big-bang singularity for and . For or , and , there is an initial null big-bang singularity. For each spatial curvature, there is a final spacelike future big-rip singularity for and , with null geodesics being future complete for but incomplete for . For , the expansion speed is constant. For and , the universe contracts from infinity, then bounces and expands back to infinity. For , the past boundary consists of timelike infinity and a regular null hypersurface for , while it consists of past timelike and past null infinities for . For and , the spacetime contracts from an initial spacelike past big-rip singularity, then bounces and blows up at a final spacelike future big-rip singularity. For and , the past boundary consists of a regular null hypersurface. The trapping horizons are timelike, null and spacelike for , and , respectively. A negative energy density () is possible only for . In this case, for , the universe contracts from infinity, then bounces and expands to infinity; for , it starts from a big-bang singularity and contracts to a big-crunch singularity; for , it expands from a regular null hypersurface and contracts to another regular null hypersurface.
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@article{arxiv.1801.01966,
title = {Complete conformal classification of the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker solutions with a linear equation of state},
author = {Tomohiro Harada and B. J. Carr and Takahisa Igata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.01966},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
37 pages, 8 figures, minor correction, accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity