Asymptotic Theorems and Averaging in Scalar Field Cosmology

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Autori principali: Leon, Genly, Kozak, Aleksander, Michea, Claudio
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author Leon, Genly
Kozak, Aleksander
Michea, Claudio
author_facet Leon, Genly
Kozak, Aleksander
Michea, Claudio
contents We present a hybrid study that combines a concise review of scalar-field cosmology with new analytic developments that integrate averaging reductions for oscillatory regimes with dynamical-systems techniques. For oscillatory fields, we derive an averaging reduction that yields an effective slow system whose time averages control dissipation; introducing uniform derivative bounds, Barbalat/LaSalle arguments, and a finite-dimensional center/stable manifold reduction, we carry out late-time analysis of the models. We prove persistence of equilibria, decay estimates, and local invariant manifolds under small $C^k$ perturbations of $χ(ϕ)$ and $G(a)$, quantify how averaged dissipation lifts to the full oscillatory dynamics with an $\mathcal{O}(H)$ error, and provide numerical examples. In addition to asymptotic reductions, we obtain exact quadrature solutions in general relativistic, anisotropic, and brane-world settings, yielding closed-form expressions for $t(a)$, $ϕ(a)$, and $H(a)$ and enabling analytic computation of inflationary observables.
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spellingShingle Asymptotic Theorems and Averaging in Scalar Field Cosmology
Leon, Genly
Kozak, Aleksander
Michea, Claudio
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
We present a hybrid study that combines a concise review of scalar-field cosmology with new analytic developments that integrate averaging reductions for oscillatory regimes with dynamical-systems techniques. For oscillatory fields, we derive an averaging reduction that yields an effective slow system whose time averages control dissipation; introducing uniform derivative bounds, Barbalat/LaSalle arguments, and a finite-dimensional center/stable manifold reduction, we carry out late-time analysis of the models. We prove persistence of equilibria, decay estimates, and local invariant manifolds under small $C^k$ perturbations of $χ(ϕ)$ and $G(a)$, quantify how averaged dissipation lifts to the full oscillatory dynamics with an $\mathcal{O}(H)$ error, and provide numerical examples. In addition to asymptotic reductions, we obtain exact quadrature solutions in general relativistic, anisotropic, and brane-world settings, yielding closed-form expressions for $t(a)$, $ϕ(a)$, and $H(a)$ and enabling analytic computation of inflationary observables.
title Asymptotic Theorems and Averaging in Scalar Field Cosmology
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11987