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Cosmology with Eddington-inspired Gravity

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-01-09 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the dynamics of homogeneous, isotropic universes which are governed by the Eddington-inspired alternative theory of gravity which has a single extra parameter, κ\kappa. Previous results showing singularity-avoiding behaviour for κ>0\kappa > 0 are found to be upheld in the case of domination by a perfect fluid with equation of state parameter w>0w > 0. The range 1/3<w<0-1/3 < w < 0 is found to lead to universes which experience unbounded expansion rate whilst still at a finite density. In the case κ<0\kappa < 0 the addition of spatial curvature is shown to lead to the possibility of oscillation between two finite densities. Domination by a scalar field with an exponential potential is found to also lead to singularity-avoiding behaviour when κ>0\kappa > 0. Certain values of the parameters governing the potential lead to behaviour in which the expansion rate of the universe changes sign several times before transitioning to regular GR-like behaviour.

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@article{arxiv.1210.1521,
  title  = {Cosmology with Eddington-inspired Gravity},
  author = {James H. C. Scargill and Maximo Banados and Pedro G. Ferreira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.1521},
  year   = {2013}
}

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13 pages, 8 figures

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