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Power-law Genesis: strong coupling and galileon-like vector fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-11-10 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A simple way to construct models with early cosmological Genesis epoch is to employ bosonic fields whose Lagrangians transform homogeneously under scaling transformation. We show that in these theories, for a range of parameters defining the Lagrangian, there exists a homogeneous power-law solution in flat space-time, whose energy density vanishes, while pressure is negative (power-law Genesis). We find the condition for the legitimacy of the classical field theory description of such a situation. We note that this condition does not hold for our earlier Genesis model with vector field. We construct another model with vector field and power-law background solution in flat space-time, which is legitimately treated within classical field theory, violates the NEC and is stable. Upon turning on gravity, this model describes the early Genesis stage.

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@article{arxiv.2004.13123,
  title  = {Power-law Genesis: strong coupling and galileon-like vector fields},
  author = {P. K. Petrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.13123},
  year   = {2020}
}
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