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Phases of the Brans-Dicke Cosmology with Matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-11-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the cosmology of the Brans-Dicke theory with perfect fluid type matter. In our previous work, we found exact solutions for any Brans-Dicke parameter ω\omega and for general parameter γ\gamma of equation of state. In this paper we further study the cosmology of these solutions by analyzing them according to their asymptotic behaviors. The cosmology is classified into 19 phases according to the values of γ\gamma and ω\omega. The effect of the cosmological constant to the Brans-Dicke theory is a particular case of our model. We give plot of time evolution of the scale factor by numerical investigations. We also give a comparison of the solutions for the theories with and without matter.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9901059,
  title  = {Phases of the Brans-Dicke Cosmology with Matter},
  author = {Chanyong Park and Sang-Jin Sin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9901059},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures, Revtex