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We consider the familiar problem of a minimally coupled scalar field with quadratic potential in flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker cosmology to illustrate a number of techniques and tools, which can be applied to a wide range of…

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We study the Scalar Field Cosmology (SFC) using the geometric language of the phase space. We define and study an ensemble of dynamical systems as a Banach space with a Sobolev metric. The metric in the ensemble is used to measure a…

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A simple algebraic method to obtain exact solutions to the scalar field equations in spatially flat FRW cosmology is derived. The field potential fuction is reduced to two terms which can be used to determine some characteristic…

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We provide a unified description of cosmological $\alpha$-attractors and late-time acceleration, in excellent agreement with the latest Planck data. Our construction involves two superfields playing distinctive roles: one is the dynamical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-29 Marco Scalisi

We investigate the cosmological model with the complex scalar self-interacting inflaton field non-minimally coupled to gravity. The different geometries of the Euclidean classically forbidden regions are represented. The instanton solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 A. Yu. Kamenshchik , I. M. Khalatnikov , A. V. Toporensky

Scalar-tensor gravitational theories are important extensions of standard general relativity, which can explain both the initial inflationary evolution, as well as the late accelerating expansion of the Universe. In the present paper we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-28 J. A. Belinchón , T. Harko , M. K. Mak

We investigate in this paper the cosmological evolution of a dark energy model with two scalar fields where one of the scalar has canonical kinetic energy and another scalar has negative kinetic energy term. For such a system with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zong-Kuan Guo , Yun-Song Piao , Xinmin Zhang , Yuan-Zhong Zhang

We look for cosmologies with a scalar field (dark energy without cosmological constant), which mimic the standard $\Lambda CDM$ cosmological model yielding exactly the same large-scale geometry described by the evolution of the Hubble…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 V. I. Zhdanov , G. Ivashchenko

In light of recent study on the dark energy models that manifest an equation of state $w<-1$, we investigate the cosmological evolution of phantom field in a specific potential, exponential potential in this paper. The phase plane analysis…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Jian-gang Hao , Xin-zhou Li

We consider a spatially flat Friedmann--Lema\^{\i}tre--Robertson--Walker background space with an ideal gas and a multifield Lagrangian consisting of two minimally coupled scalar fields which evolve in a field space of constant curvature.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-23 Alex Giacomini , Esteban González , Genly Leon , Andronikos Paliathanasis

We discuss the properties of a cosmology dominated by a charged scalar field with a repulsive, long-range self-interaction. The interaction, in the form of a vector field with a tiny mass, can have a dramatic effect on the evolution of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 William H. Kinney , Martina Brisudova , Richard Woodard

We examine Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in three spacetime dimensions. The matter content of the models is composed of a perfect fluid, with a $\gamma$-law equation of state, and a homogeneous scalar field minimally coupled to gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Norman Cruz , Cristian Martinez

In this brief note we present a set of equations describing the evolution of perturbed scalar fields in a cosmological spacetime with multiple scalar fields. We take into account of the simultaneously excited full metric perturbations in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Hwang

The equations for quintessential $\alpha$-attractor inflation with a single scalar field, radiation and matter in a spatially flat FLRW spacetime are recast into a regular dynamical system on a compact state space. This enables a complete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-08 Artur Alho , Claes Uggla

We study the interaction between dark matter and dark energy, with dark energy described by a scalar field having a double exponential effective potential. We discover conditions under which such a scalar field driven solution is a late…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-06 Vartika Gupta , Rakesh Kabir , Amitabha Mukherjee , Daksh Lohiya

We study the most general cosmological model with real scalar field which is minimally coupled to gravity. Our calculations are based on Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) background metric. Field equations consist of three…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-22 Medine Ildes , Metin Arik

Anthropic solutions to the cosmological constant problem require seemingly unnatural scalar field potentials with a very small slope or domain walls (branes) with a very small coupling to a four-form field. Here we introduce a class of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Gia Dvali , Alexander Vilenkin

Exact cosmological models for a scalar field in Lyra geometry are studied in the presence of a time-varying effective cosmological term originated from the specific interaction of an auxiliary $\Lambda$ - term with the displacement vector.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-25 V. K. Shchigolev

We derive a new \emph{regular} dynamical system on a 3-dimensional \emph{compact} state space describing linear scalar perturbations of spatially flat Robertson-Walker geometries for relativistic models with a minimally coupled scalar field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-02 Artur Alho , Claes Uggla , John Wainwright

We construct models with the Gauss-Bonnet term multiplied to a function of the scalar field leading to inflationary scenario. The consideration is related with the slow-roll approximation. The cosmological attractor approach gives the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-29 E. O. Pozdeeva