Published April 15, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Symmetries leading to inflation

  • 1. Fisika Teorikoa eta Zientziaren Historia Saila, Zientzi Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 Posta Kutxatila, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon I, 1428 Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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We present here the general transformation that leaves unchanged the form of the field equations for perfect fluid Friedmann-Robertson-Walker and Bianchi type V cosmologies. The symmetries found can be used as algorithms for generating new cosmological models from existing ones. A particular case of the general transformation is used to illustrate the crucial role played by the number of scalar fields in the occurrence of inflation. Related to this, we also study the existence and stability of Bianchi type V power law solutions

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 083518-083518.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2003 The American Physical Society