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An exponential potential of the form $V\sim \exp(-2c \phi/M_p)$ arising from the hyperbolic or flux compactification of higher-dimensional theories is of interest for getting short periods of accelerated cosmological expansions. Using a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Ishwaree P. Neupane

We present a phase-plane analysis of cosmologies containing a scalar field $\phi$ with an exponential potential $V \propto \exp(-\lambda \kappa \phi)$ where $\kappa^2 = 8\pi G$ and $V$ may be positive or negative. We show that power-law…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Imogen P. C. Heard , David Wands

In this work we propose a new analytical method for determining the scalar field potential $V(\phi)$ in FRW type cosmologies containing a mixture of perfect fluid plus a quintessence scalar field. By assuming that the equation of state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-06-23 J. A. Espichán Carrillo , J. M. Silva , J. A. S. Lima

We consider solutions to the Einstein-massless-scalar field system with a positive cosmological constant, arising from sufficiently regular, near-FLRW, initial data. We establish global existence in the future direction and derive their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Grigorios Fournodavlos

We explore the dynamical behaviour of cosmological models involving a scalar field (with an exponential potential and a canonical kinetic term) and a matter fluid with spatial curvature included in the equations of motion. Using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-13 Mateja Gosenca , Peter Coles

The origin of the accelerated expansion of the Universe remains an unsolved mystery in Cosmology. In this work we consider a spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) Universe with non-relativistic matter and a single scalar field…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Remya Nair , Sanjay Jhingan , Deepak Jain

In this publication we investigate dynamics of a flat FRW cosmological model with a non-minimally coupled scalar field with the coupling term $\xi R \psi^{2}$ in the scalar field action. The quadratic potential function $V(\psi)\propto…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-05-06 Orest Hrycyna , Marek Szydlowski

We investigated the behavior of an open isotropic universe generated by a scalar field which couples with background curvature nonminimally with the coupling constant $\xi$. In particular we focus on the situation where the initial value…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Takahiro Morishima , Toshifumi Futamase

We analyze the quantum supersymmetric cosmological FRW model with a scalar field, with a conditional probability density and the scalar field identified as time. The Hilbert space has a spinorial structure and there is only one consistent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 C. Ramírez , V. Vázquez-Báez

In this work we perform a dynamical analysis of a broad class of non-minimally coupled real scalar fields in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) spacetime framework. The first part of our study concerns the dynamics of an unspecified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-18 Morteza Kerachian , Giovanni Acquaviva , Georgios Lukes-Gerakopoulos

We present the solution space for the case of a minimally coupled scalar field with arbitrary potential in a FLRW metric. This is made possible due to the existence of a nonlocal integral of motion corresponding to the conformal Killing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-22 N. Dimakis , A. Karagiorgos , Adamantia Zampeli , Andronikos Paliathanasis , T. Christodoulakis , Petros A. Terzis

In a class of spatially homogeneous cosmologies including those of Bianchi type I--VIII mathematical results are presented which show that a scalar field non-minimally coupled to the scalar curvature of spacetime can dynamically yield a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-06 Roger Bieli

We study whether an open FLRW Universe with a negative cosmological constant can evade the eventual recollapse characteristic of AdS-type Universe. Within a power-law realization of Fab-Four theory, we solve the background equations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Yupeng Zhang , Shuxun Tian , Zhengxiang Li

This paper explores the cosmological implications of a scalar field with a specific potential, crucial for achieving the final equilibrium state of gravitational collapse. We consider a system with two fluids: minimally coupled matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-08 Koushiki , Dipanjan Dey , Pankaj S. Joshi

We derive exact general solutions (as opposed to attractor particular solutions) for the evolution of a scalar field $\phi$ in a universe dominated by a background fluid with equation of state parameter $w_B = -1$, extending earlier work on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-26 Patrick Hu , Robert J. Scherrer

We consider Friedmann-Lema\^{\i}tre-Robertson-Walker flat cosmological models in the framework of general Jordan frame scalar-tensor theories of gravity with arbitrary coupling function and potential. For the era when the cosmological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-06 Laur Järv , Piret Kuusk , Margus Saal

We consider the problem of describing the asymptotic behaviour of \textsc{FRW} universes near their spacetime singularities in general relativity. We find that the Bel-Robinson energy of these universes in conjunction with the Hubble…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Spiros Cotsakis , Ifigeneia Klaoudatou

We examine the behaviour of a closed oscillating universe filled with a homogeneous scalar field and find that, contrary to naive expectations, such a universe expands to larger volumes during successive expansion epochs. This intriguing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Nissim Kanekar , Varun Sahni , Yuri Shtanov

The dynamics of cosmic scalar fields with flat potential is studied. Their contribution to the expansion rate of the universe is analyzed, and their behaviour in a simple model of phase transitions is discussed.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 J. W. van Holten

FLRW equations are analyzed in a universe with a cosmic scalar background that is spatially uniform but time-varying. Some solvable potentials to the combined dynamics in such a universe are presented, that are consistent with the scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-17 B. S. Balakrishna