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By way of a complete integration of the Friedmann equations, in terms of observables, it is shown that for the cosmological constant $\Lambda > 0$ there exist non-flat FLRW models for which the total density parameter $\Omega$ remains $\sim…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kayll Lake

We explore a cyclic universe due to phantom and quintessence fields. We find that, in every cycle of the evolution of the universe, the phantom dominates the cosmic early history and quintessence dominates the cosmic far future. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-02 Changjun Gao , Youjun Lu , You-Gen Shen

With attempts to quench the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ having so far failed, we instead investigate what could be done if $\Lambda$ is not quenched and actually gets to be as big as elementary particle physics suggests. Since the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip D. Mannheim

The main objective of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of the bouncing scenario of the universe. The most widely recognized cosmological framework is the standard cosmological model, sometimes referred to as the Big Bang model.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-13 A. S. Agrawal

Varying physical constant cosmologies were claimed to solve standard cosmological problems such as the horizon, the flatness and the $\Lambda$-problem. In this paper, we suggest yet another possible application of these theories: solving…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Mariusz P. Dabrowski , Konrad Marosek

As evidenced by a great number of works, it is common practice to assume that the Universe is flat. However, the majority of studies which make use of observational data to constrain the curvature density parameter are premised on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-18 Christine R. Farrugia , Joseph Sultana

Faced by recent evidence for a flat universe dominated by dark energy, cosmologists grapple with deep cosmic enigmas such as the cosmological constant problem, extreme fine-tuning and the cosmic coincidence problem. The extent to which we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Greg Huey , Benjamin D. Wandelt

We point out that the standard formulation of the cosmological constant problem itself is problematic since it is trying to apply the very large scale homogeneous cosmological model to very small (Planck) scale phenomenon. At small scales,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-05 Qingdi Wang , William G. Unruh

Whether our universe with present day acceleration can eventually collapse is very interesting problem. We are also interesting in such problems, whether the universe is closed? Why it is so flat? How long to expend a period for a cycle of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 De-Hai Zhang

This short review is addressed to cosmologists. General relativity predicts that space-time comes to an end and physics comes to a halt at the big-bang. Recent developments in loop quantum cosmology have shown that these predictions cannot…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-25 Abhay Ashtekar

A mechanism for suppressing the cosmological constant is described, using a superconducting analogy in which fermions coupled to gravitons are in an unstable false vauum. The coupling of the fermions to gravitons and a screened attractive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 J. W. Moffat

If our observable Universe is only a tiny region of a vastly larger and conformally older spacetime, then the usual formulations of the classical flatness and horizon problems of the Hot Big Bang can be reinterpreted as artifacts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Meir Shimon

In the framework of the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary proposal, we investigated quantum creation of the multidimensional universe with a cosmological constant ($\Lambda$) but without matter fields. We have found that the classical solutions of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Hirotaka Ochiai , Katsuhiko Sato

The quasi-static solutions of the matter density perturbation in various dark energy models and modified gravity models have been investigated in numerous papers. However, the oscillating solutions in those models have not been investigated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-18 Jiro Matsumoto

We critically review several recent approaches to solving the two cosmological constant problems. The "old" problem is the discrepancy between the observed value of $\Lambda$ and the large values suggested by particle physics models. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Garriga , A. Vilenkin

In this talk we discuss three different issues. First of all, there exist several proposals how to solve cosmological problems by adiabatic expansion of the Universe, without any use of inflation. We explain why these models do not solve…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei Linde

The common attribute of all Big Bang cosmologies is that they are based on the assumption that the universe is expanding. However examination of the evidence for this expansion clearly favours a static universe. The major topics considered…

General Physics · Physics 2014-07-10 David F. Crawford

We confront the big bang for the beginning of the universe with an equivalent picture of a slow freeze - a very cold and slowly evolving universe. In the freeze picture the masses of elementary particles increase and the gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 C. Wetterich

There are now evidences that the cosmological constant $\Lambda$ has a non-zero positive value. Alternative scenarios to a pure cosmological constant model are provided by quintessence, an effective negative pressure fluid permeating the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Antonio Vale , Jose' P. S. Lemos

An alternative model describing the dynamics of a flat Universe without cosmological constant and allowing a gradual change of c with time is proposed. New relationships of redshift vs. distance and cosmic background radiation temperature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan Casado Gimenez