Recovering the effective cosmological constant in extended gravity theories (Q1807339)

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Recovering the effective cosmological constant in extended gravity theories
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    Recovering the effective cosmological constant in extended gravity theories (English)
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    18 November 1999
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    The paper discusses a possible final inflationary period of the universe, as a counterpart to an initial inflationary period, in the framework of alternative gravitational theories. It deals with scalar-tensor, fourth order, and higher than fourth order theories. For a class of models with an asymptotic de Sitter behaviour the authors introduce an ``effective cosmological constant''.
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    inflationary period
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    alternative gravitational theories
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    scalar-tensor
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    fourth order
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    higher than fourth order theories
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    cosmological constant
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