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Emergent Universe Scenario in Modified Gauss-Bonnet Gravity

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2020-08-04 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity without matter in four dimensions which accommodates flat emergent universe (EU) obtained in Einstein's general theory of gravity with a non-linear equation of state. The EU model is interesting which is free from big-bang singularity with other observed features of the universe. It is assumed that the present universe emerged out from a static Einstein universe phase exists in the infinite past. To obtain a flat EU model we reconstructed mimetic modified f(G)f(G)-gravity (GG representing Gauss-Bonnet terms) without matter. The functional form of f(G)-gravity is determined which accommodates the early inflation and late accelerating phases without matter.

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@article{arxiv.2008.00169,
  title  = {Emergent Universe Scenario in Modified Gauss-Bonnet Gravity},
  author = {B. C. Paul and S. D. Maharaj and A. Beesham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.00169},
  year   = {2020}
}

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