Almost-homogeneity of the universe in higher-order gravity

DOI10.1007/BF02153319MaRDI QIDQ1909338zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors David R. Taylor, Roy Maartens

Publication date 12 March 1996

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

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

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)

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.

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