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Dynamical symmetries in Brans-Dicke cosmology
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review D, 2017-01-20)
In the context of generalized Brans-Dicke cosmology we use the Killing tensors of the minisuperspace in order to determine the unspecified potential of a scalar-tensor gravity theory. Specifically, based on the existence ...
Turning on gravity with the Higgs mechanism
(IOP PublishingClassical and Quantum Gravity, 2016-06-21)
We investigate how a Higgs mechanism could be responsible for the
emergence of gravity in extensions of Einstein theory, with a suitable low energy limit.
In this scenario, at high energies, symmetry restoration could "turn ...
Observational constraints on new exact inflationary scalar-field solutions
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review D, 2016-10-15)
An algorithm is used to generate new solutions of the scalar-field equations in homogeneous and isotropic universes. Solutions can be found for pure scalar fields with various potentials in the absence and presence of ...
The shape of bouncing universes
What happens to the most general closed oscillating universes in general relativity? We sketch the development of interest in cyclic universes from the early work of Friedmann and Tolman to modern variations introduced by ...