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Quantized fields and gravitational particle creation in f(R) expanding universes

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2011-07-01 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The problem of cosmological particle creation for a spatially flat, homogeneous and isotropic Universes is discussed in the context of f(R) theories of gravity. Different from cosmological models based on general relativity theory, it is found that a conformal invariant metric does not forbid the creation of massless particles during the early stages (radiation era) of the Universe.

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@article{arxiv.0911.0622,
  title  = {Quantized fields and gravitational particle creation in f(R) expanding universes},
  author = {S. H. Pereira and C. H. G. Bessa and J. A. S. Lima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0622},
  year   = {2011}
}

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14 pages, 2 figures