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Oscillating Universe in Horava-Lifshitz Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-16 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the dynamics of isotropic and homogeneous universes in the generalized Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity, and classify all possible evolutions of vacuum spacetime. In the case without the detailed balance condition, we find a variety of phase structures of vacuum spacetimes depending on the coupling constants as well as the spatial curvature KK and a cosmological constant Λ\Lambda. A bounce universe solution is obtained for Λ>0,K=±1\Lambda> 0, K=\pm 1 or Λ=0,K=1\Lambda= 0, K=- 1, while an oscillation spacetime is found for Λ0,K=1\Lambda\geq 0, K=1, or Λ<0,K=±1\Lambda< 0, K=\pm 1. We also propose a quantum tunneling scenario from an oscillating spacetime to an inflationary universe, resulting in a macroscopic cyclic universe.

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@article{arxiv.1006.2739,
  title  = {Oscillating Universe in Horava-Lifshitz Gravity},
  author = {Kei-ichi Maeda and Yosuke Misonoh and Tsutomu Kobayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.2739},
  year   = {2010}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures, 1 table

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