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Exact solutions in bouncing cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss the effects of a (possibly) negative (1+z)6(1+z)^6 type contribution to the Friedmann equation. No definite answer can be given as to the presence and magnitude of a particular mechanism, because any test using the general relation H(z)H(z) is able to estimate only the total of all sources of such a term. That is why we describe four possibilities: 1) geometric effects of loop quantum cosmology, 2) braneworld cosmology, 3) metric-affine gravity, and 4) cosmology with spinning fluid. We find the exact solutions for the models with ρ2\rho^2 correction in terms of elementary functions, and show all evolutional paths on their phase plane. Instead of the initial singularity, the generic feature is now a bounce.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0610121,
  title  = {Exact solutions in bouncing cosmology},
  author = {Tomasz Stachowiak and Marek Szydlowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0610121},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

8 pages, 6 figures, 2 references added, some corrections in text, DOI