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Vacuum energy, a prediction of quantum field theory, manifests itself as a cosmological constant in general relativity. In this Letter, we propose a novel inflationary scenario driven by a bare cosmological constant $\Lambda$, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-25 Chengsheng Mu , Shuxun Tian , Shuo Cao , Zong-Hong Zhu

A basic problem that confronts the standard cosmological models is the problem of initial singularity characterised by infinite material density, infinite temperature and infinite spacetime curvature. The inevitable existence of such a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Sudhakaran , C. Sivaram

Non-singular bouncing cosmologies are well--motivated models for the early universe. Recent observational data are consistent with positive spatial curvature and allow for a natural collapsing and bouncing phase in the very early universe.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-10 Richard Daniel , Mariam Campbell , Carsten van de Bruck , Peter Dunsby

We here investigate bulk-viscosity driven quasi de-Sitter inflation, that is, the period of accelerated expansion in the early universe during which $-\dot{H}\ll H^2$, with $H(t)$ being the Hubble expansion rate. We do so in the framework…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-21 Sayantani Lahiri , Luciano Rezzolla

We started the evolution of a flat universe from a nonsingular state called prematter which is governed by an inflationary equation of state $P=(\gamma_{p}-1)\rho$ where $\gamma_{p}$ represents the initial vacuum dominance of the universe.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Koray Karaca , Selcuk Bayin

Astronomical observations strongly suggest that our universe is now accelerating and contains a substantial admixture of dark vacuum energy. Using numerical simulations to study this newly consolidated cosmological model (with a constant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Fred C. Adams , Michael T. Busha , August E. Evrard , Risa H. Wechsler

We have considered a cosmological model with a cosmological constant of the form $\Lambda=3\alpha\frac{\dot R^2}{R^2}+\bt\frac{\ddot R}{R} \alpha, \bt=\rm const.$ The cosmological constant is found to decrease as $t^{-2}$ and the rate of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Arbab I. Arbab

The separate-universe approach gives an intuitive way to understand the evolution of cosmological perturbations in the long-wavelength limit. It uses solutions of the spatially-homogeneous equations of motion to model the evolution of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 Joseph H. P. Jackson , Hooshyar Assadullahi , Andrew D. Gow , Kazuya Koyama , Vincent Vennin , David Wands

We discuss a novel scenario for early cosmology, when the inflationary quasi-de Sitter phase dynamically originates from the initial quantum state represented by the microcanonical density matrix. This genuine quantum effect occurs as a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 Andrey O. Barvinsky , Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

In a primordial universe pre(post)-inflationary era , there could be phases of early universe made of cold gas baryons, radiation and early post inflationary cosmological constant. I showed that in the baryonic epoch, the quantum vacuum is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-11 Davood Momeni

It is shown that the inflationary era in early universe is realized due to the effect of backreaction of quantized matter fields. In fact we start by quantizing a free scalar field in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time, and the field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Yoshinobu Habara , Hikaru Kawai , Masao Ninomiya

The inflationary phase of the Universe is explored by proposing a toy model related to the scalar field, termed as {\it inflaton}. The potential part of the energy density in the said era is assumed to have a constant vacuum energy density…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Indranath Bhattacharyya , Saibal Ray , Prasenjit Paul

The standard model of cosmology is based on the hot Big Bang theory and the inflationary paradigm. Recent precise observations of the temperature and polarization anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background and the matter distribution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-02 Juan Garcia-Bellido

The unifying approach to early-time and late-time universe based on phantom cosmology is proposed. We consider gravity-scalar system which contains usual potential and scalar coupling function in front of kinetic term. As a result, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-17 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

We investigate the possibility that the inflationary period in the early universe was preceded by a primordial stage of strong anisotropy. In particular we focus on the simplest model of this kind, where the spacetime is described by a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Jose J. Blanco-Pillado , Masato Minamitsuji

We present a unified framework that simultaneously addresses the dynamics of early-time cosmic inflation and late-time cosmic acceleration within the context of a single scalar field non-minimally coupled to gravity. By employing an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-27 Seong Chan Park

Analyzing quantum cosmological scenarios containing one scalar field with exponential potential, we have obtained a universe model which realizes a classical dust contraction from very large scales, the initial repeller of the model, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-13 Samuel Colin , Nelson Pinto-Neto

We model the large scale late time universe as a Lambda-CDM cosmology driven by cosmological constant and perfect dust fluid. Our aim is to find new solutions in the matter and Lambda epoch consistent with inflationary initial conditions,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-29 Toby Wiseman , Benjamin Withers

Unlike Noether symmetry, a metric independent general conserved current exits for non-minimally coupled scalar-tensor theory of gravity, if the trace of the energy momentum tensor vanishes. Thus, in the context of cosmology, a symmetry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-26 Behzad Tajahmad , Abhik Kumar Sanyal

We propose a cosmological model in which the universe undergoes an endless sequence of cosmic epochs each beginning with a `bang' and ending in a `crunch.' The temperature and density are finite at each transition from crunch to bang.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Paul J. Steinhardt , Neil Turok