TY - JOUR
T1 - Oscillating universe in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity
AU - Maeda, Kei Ichi
AU - Misonoh, Yosuke
AU - Kobayashi, Tsutomu
PY - 2010/9/16
Y1 - 2010/9/16
N2 - We study the dynamics of isotropic and homogeneous universes in the generalized Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, and classify all possible evolutions of vacuum spacetime. In the case without the detailed balance condition, we find a variety of phase structures of vacuum spacetimes depending on the coupling constants as well as the spatial curvature K and a cosmological constant Λ. A bounce universe solution is obtained for Λ>0, K=±1 or Λ=0, K=-1, while an oscillation spacetime is found for Λ≥0, K=1, or Λ<0, K=±1. We also propose a quantum tunneling scenario from an oscillating spacetime to an inflationary universe, resulting in a macroscopic cyclic universe.
AB - We study the dynamics of isotropic and homogeneous universes in the generalized Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, and classify all possible evolutions of vacuum spacetime. In the case without the detailed balance condition, we find a variety of phase structures of vacuum spacetimes depending on the coupling constants as well as the spatial curvature K and a cosmological constant Λ. A bounce universe solution is obtained for Λ>0, K=±1 or Λ=0, K=-1, while an oscillation spacetime is found for Λ≥0, K=1, or Λ<0, K=±1. We also propose a quantum tunneling scenario from an oscillating spacetime to an inflationary universe, resulting in a macroscopic cyclic universe.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.064024
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.064024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78449266792
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 82
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 6
M1 - 064024
ER -