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The non-minimal coupling constant and the primordial de Sitter state

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-09-07 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Dynamical systems methods are used to investigate dynamics of a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological model with the non-minimally coupled scalar field and a potential function. Performed analysis distinguishes the value of non-minimal coupling constant parameter ξ=316\xi=\frac{3}{16}, which is the conformal coupling in five dimensional theory of gravity. It is shown that for a monomial potential functions at infinite values of the scalar field there exist generic de Sitter and Einstein-de Sitter states. The de Sitter state is unstable with respect to expansion of the Universe for potential functions which do not change faster than linearly. This leads to a generic cosmological evolution without the initial singularity.

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@article{arxiv.2008.00943,
  title  = {The non-minimal coupling constant and the primordial de Sitter state},
  author = {Orest Hrycyna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.00943},
  year   = {2020}
}

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22 pages; 6 multiple figures; (v2) published version