Repulsive gravity induced by a conformally coupled scalar field implies a bouncing radiation-dominated universe

DOI10.1007/s10714-017-2219-6zbMath1380.83294arXiv1703.03060MaRDI QIDQ1698542

Peng Zhang

Publication date: 15 February 2018

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03060

zbMATH Keywords

scalar field; symmetry breaking; gravitational repulsion; non-minimal coupling; bouncing cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

83C10: Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory