Almost-homogeneity of the universe in higher-order gravity

DOI10.1007/BF02153319zbMATH Open0840.53067arXivgr-qc/9511043OpenAlexW2055441120WikidataQ63390722 ScholiaQ63390722MaRDI QIDQ1909338FDOQ1909338

Authors: David R. Taylor, Roy Maartens 

Publication date: 12 March 1996

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

Abstract: In the $R+alpha{R}^2$ gravity theory, we show that if freely propagating massless particles have an almost isotropic distribution, then the spacetime is almost Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW). This extends the result proved recently in general relativity ($alpha=0$), which is applicable to the microwave background after photon decoupling. The higher-order result is in principle applicable to a massless species that decouples in the early universe, such as a relic graviton background. Any future observations that show small anisotropies in such a background would imply that the geometry of the early universe were almost FRW.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9511043

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zbMATH Keywords

\(R + \alpha R^ 2\) gravityalmost Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetimegraviton background

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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