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The Effective Field Theory of nonsingular cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-01-24 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the nonsingular cosmology within the framework of the Effective Field Theory(EFT) of cosmological perturbations. Due to the recently proved no-go theorem, any nonsingular cosmological models based on the cubic Galileon suffer from pathologies. We show how the EFT could help us clarify the origin of the no-go theorem, and offer us solutions to break the no-go. Particularly, we point out that the gradient instability can be removed by using some spatial derivative operators in EFT. Based on the EFT description, we obtain a realistic healthy nonsingular cosmological model, and show the perturbation spectrum can be consistent with the observations.

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@article{arxiv.1610.03400,
  title  = {The Effective Field Theory of nonsingular cosmology},
  author = {Yong Cai and Youping Wan and Hai-Guang Li and Taotao Qiu and Yun-Song Piao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.03400},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures, published in JHEP