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Regular Bouncing Solutions, Energy Conditions and the Brans-Dicke Theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-10-23 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In general, to avoid a singularity in cosmological models involves the introduction of exotic kind of matter fields, for example, a scalar field with negative energy density. In order to have a bouncing solution in classical General Relativity, violation of the energy conditions is required. In this work, we discuss a case of the bouncing solution in the Brans-Dicke theory with radiative fluid that obeys the energy conditions, and with no ghosts.

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@article{arxiv.1908.04258,
  title  = {Regular Bouncing Solutions, Energy Conditions and the Brans-Dicke Theory},
  author = {O. Galkina and J. C. Fabris and F. T. Falciano and N. Pinto-Neto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.04258},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in JETP Letters

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