Non-singular Cyclic Cosmology without Phantom Menace

Details Non-singular Cyclic Cosmology without Phantom Menace Non-singular Cyclic Cosmology without Phantom Menace

2011-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/1108.6052v1

Journal of Cosmology, Volume 17, 7238-7254 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

16 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Journal of Cosmology

Scientific paper

In this article we review recent developments of cyclic cosmology. A typical non-singular cyclic model within General Relativity requires a non-conventional fluid with negative effective energy density, in order to cancel the matter component and lead to a non-singular bounce. However, the existence of such a non-conventional fluid usually leads to quantum instabilities and makes the theory ill-defined. In the present work we follow the alternative way, obtaining two scenarios of non-singular cyclic cosmological evolutions in the context of gravitational theories beyond General Relativity. The degrees-of-freedom examination reveals that these two models are free of the Phantom Menace. Our analysis illustrates that, if cyclic cosmology describes overall universe, a theory of gravity beyond Einstein may be expected.

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