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| author | Miranda, Marcello |
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| contents | This study explores the feasibility of an effective Friedmann equation in removing the classical Big Bang initial singularity and replacing it with a non-singular bounce occurring at a critical energy density value. In a spatially flat, homogeneous, and isotropic universe, the effective theory is obtained by introducing a function that is parametrically dependent on the critical energy density. This function measures the deviation from the benchmark theory, which is recovered as the critical energy density approaches infinity. Focusing on the covariant single-field formulation in viable Horndeski gravity, our analysis shows that both the effective and the benchmark theories belong to the same scalar-tensor theory, without any additional propagating degrees of freedom: the cuscuton and extended cuscuton models. |
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| spellingShingle | Covariant single-field formulation of effective cosmological bounces Miranda, Marcello General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology This study explores the feasibility of an effective Friedmann equation in removing the classical Big Bang initial singularity and replacing it with a non-singular bounce occurring at a critical energy density value. In a spatially flat, homogeneous, and isotropic universe, the effective theory is obtained by introducing a function that is parametrically dependent on the critical energy density. This function measures the deviation from the benchmark theory, which is recovered as the critical energy density approaches infinity. Focusing on the covariant single-field formulation in viable Horndeski gravity, our analysis shows that both the effective and the benchmark theories belong to the same scalar-tensor theory, without any additional propagating degrees of freedom: the cuscuton and extended cuscuton models. |
| title | Covariant single-field formulation of effective cosmological bounces |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08071 |