Published February 1, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Standard cosmology delayed

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007 (India)
  • 2. School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067 (India)
  • 3. Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025 (India)

Description

The introduction of a delay in the Friedmann equation of cosmological evolution is shown to result in the very early universe undergoing the necessary accelerated expansion in the usual radiation (or matter) dominated phase. Occurring even without a violation of the strong energy condition, this expansion slows down naturally to go over to the decelerated phase, namely the standard Hubble expansion. This may obviate the need for a scalar field driven inflationary epoch

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/046

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2012
Journal Issue
02
Journal Page Range
p. 046
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45101107
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; FIELD EQUATIONS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; SCALAR FIELDS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS