Effective inhomogeneous inflation: curvature inhomogeneities of the Einstein vacuum

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/16/162002zbMATH Open1225.83042arXiv1010.4512OpenAlexW2060696797MaRDI QIDQ3173056FDOQ3173056

Authors: Thomas Buchert, Nathaniel Obadia 

Publication date: 10 October 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider spatially averaged inhomogeneous universe models and argue that, already in the absence of sources, an effective scalar field arises through foliating and spatially averaging inhomogeneous geometrical curvature invariants of the Einstein vacuum. This scalar field (the `morphon') acts as an inflaton, if we prescribe a potential of some generic form. We show that, for any initially negative average spatial curvature, the morphon is driven through an inflationary phase and leads - on average - to a spatially flat, homogeneous and isotropic universe model, providing initial conditions for pre-heating and, by the same mechanism, a possibly natural self-exit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4512

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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• Gauss–Bonnet–Chern approach to the averaged Universe
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