English

Dirac fields, torsion and Barbero-Immirzi parameter in Cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider cosmological solution for Einstein gravity with massive fermions with a four-fermion coupling, which emerges from the Holst action and is related to the Barbero-Immirzi (BI) parameter. This gravitational action is an important object of investigation in a non-perturbative formalism of quantum gravity. We study the equation of motion for for the Dirac field within the standard Friedman-Robertson-Walker (FRW) metric. Finally, we show the theory with BI parameter and minimally coupling Dirac field, in the zero mass limit, is equivalent to an additional term which looks like a perfect fluid with the equation of state \ p=wρp = w\rho, with w=1w = 1 which is independent of the BI parameter. The existence of mass imposes a variable ww, which creates either an inflationary phase with w=1w=-1, or assumes an ultra hard equation of states w=1w = 1 for very early universe. Both phases relax to a pressure less fluid w=0w = 0 for late universe (corresponding to the limit mm\to\infty).

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@article{arxiv.1201.5423,
  title  = {Dirac fields, torsion and Barbero-Immirzi parameter in Cosmology},
  author = {G. de Berredo-Peixoto and L. Freidel and I. L. Shapiro and C. A. de Souza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.5423},
  year   = {2015}
}

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LaTeX file (with jcappub.sty), 16 pages, no figures. Some formulations and discussions slightly modified, fits the version to be published in JCAP

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