A covariant Lagrangian for stable nonsingular bounce

May 9, 2017
9 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 09 (2017) 027
  • Published: Sep 7, 2017
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Abstract: (Springer)
The nonsingular bounce models usually suffer from the ghost or gradient instabilities, as has been proved recently. In this paper, we propose a covariant effective theory for stable nonsingular bounce, which has the quadratic order of the second order derivative of the field ϕ but the background set only by P (ϕ, X). With it, we explicitly construct a fully stable nonsingular bounce model for the ekpyrotic scenario.
Note:
  • 12 pages, 6 figures; published in JHEP; an Appendix and references added
  • Classical Theories of Gravity
  • Spacetime Singularities
  • covariance
  • stability
  • bounce
  • effective field theory
  • cosmological model
  • mathematical methods
  • field equations
  • ekpyrotic