Gauss-Bonnet lagrangian G ln G and cosmological exact solutions
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-05-05 v2
Abstract
For the lagrangian L = G ln G where G is the Gauss-Bonnet curvature scalar we deduce the field equation and solve it in closed form for 3-flat Friedman models using a statefinder parametrization. Further we show, that among all lagrangians F(G) this L is the only one not having the form G^r with a real constant r but possessing a scale-invariant field equation. This turns out to be one of its analogies to f(R)-theories in 2-dimensional space-time. In the appendix, we systematically list several formulas for the decomposition of the Riemann tensor in arbitrary dimensions n, which are applied in the main deduction for n=4.
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@article{arxiv.1102.0241,
title = {Gauss-Bonnet lagrangian G ln G and cosmological exact solutions},
author = {H. -J. Schmidt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0241},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
18 pages, amended version, accepted by Phys. Rev. D