Scalar Fields and the FLRW Singularity

Sloan, David (2019) Scalar Fields and the FLRW Singularity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 36 (23): 235004. ISSN 0264-9381

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Abstract

The dynamics of multiple scalar fields on a flat FLRW spacetime can be described entirely as a relational system in terms of the matter alone. The matter dynamics is an autonomous system from which the geometrical dynamics can be inferred, and this autonomous system remains deterministic at the point corresponding to the singularity of the cosmology. We show the continuation of this system corresponds to a parity inversion at the singularity, and that the singularity itself is a surface on which the space-time manifold becomes non-orientable.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Classical and Quantum Gravity
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This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication/published in Classical and Quantum Gravity. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/ab4eb4
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Subjects:
?? physics and astronomy (miscellaneous) ??
ID Code:
138043
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Deposited On:
17 Oct 2019 14:35
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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31 Dec 2023 01:08