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The effective cosmological constant in higher order gravity theories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

An effective time--dependent cosmological constant can be recovered for higher--order theories of gravity by extending to these ones the no--hair conjecture. The results are applied to some specific cosmological models.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9806043,
  title  = {The effective cosmological constant in higher order gravity theories},
  author = {S. Capozziello and R. de Ritis and A. A. Marino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9806043},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, Latex, ISMC'98 (Potsdam), sprocl.sty