Dynamics of a scalar field in Robertson-Walker spacetimes
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2009-07-30 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We analyze the dynamics of a single scalar field in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universes with spatial curvature. We obtain the fixed point solutions which are shown to be late time attractors. In particular, we determine the corresponding scalar field potentials which correspond to these stable solutions. The analysis is quite general and incorporates expanding and contracting universes with both positive and negative scalar potentials. We demonstrate that the known power law, exponential, and de-Sitter solutions are certain limits of our general set of solutions.
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@article{arxiv.0904.0877,
title = {Dynamics of a scalar field in Robertson-Walker spacetimes},
author = {Edmund J. Copeland and Shuntaro Mizuno and Maryam Shaeri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.0877},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, v2:references added. Accepted for publication in PRD