Isotropic and Anisotropic Bouncing Cosmologies in Palatini Gravity

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2010-05-22

arxiv.org/abs/1005.4136v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

25 pages, 7 figures

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We study isotropic and anisotropic (Bianchi I) cosmologies in Palatini $f(R)$ and $f(R,R_{\mu\nu}R^{\mu\nu})$ theories of gravity and consider the existence of non-singular bouncing solutions in the early universe. We find that all $f(R)$ models with isotropic bouncing solutions develop shear singularities in the anisotropic case. On the contrary, the simple quadratic model $R+a R^2/R_P+R_{\mu\nu}R^{\mu\nu}/R_P$ exhibits regular bouncing solutions in both isotropic and anisotropic cases for a wide range of equations of state, including dust (for $a<0$) and radiation (for arbitrary $a$). It thus represents a purely gravitational solution to the big bang singularity and anisotropy problems of general relativity without the need for exotic ($w>1$) sources of matter/energy.

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