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Cosmological scaling solutions of minimally coupled scalar fields in three dimensions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We examine Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in three spacetime dimensions. The matter content of the models is composed of a perfect fluid, with a γ\gamma-law equation of state, and a homogeneous scalar field minimally coupled to gravity with a self-interacting potential whose energy density red-shifts as a2νa^{-2 \nu}, where a denotes the scale factor. Cosmological solutions are presented for different range of values of γ\gamma and ν\nu. The potential required to agree with the above red-shift for the scalar field energy density is also calculated.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0007038,
  title  = {Cosmological scaling solutions of minimally coupled scalar fields in three dimensions},
  author = {Norman Cruz and Cristian Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0007038},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

LaTeX2e, 11 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Classical and Quantum Gravity