Casimir energy and a cosmological bounce

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/2/012zbMATH Open1087.83069arXivhep-th/0510052OpenAlexW2118888815WikidataQ59689145 ScholiaQ59689145MaRDI QIDQ3376147FDOQ3376147

Authors: Marco O. P. Sampaio, Carlos Herdeiro 

Publication date: 20 March 2006

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

Abstract: We review different computation methods for the renormalised energy momentum tensor of a quantised scalar field in an Einstein Static Universe. For the extensively studied conformally coupled case we check their equivalence; for different couplings we discuss violation of different energy conditions. In particular, there is a family of masses and couplings which violate the weak and strong energy conditions but do not lead to spacelike propagation. Amongst these cases is that of a minimally coupled massless scalar field with no potential. We also point out a particular coupling for which a massless scalar field has vanishing renormalised energy momentum tensor. We discuss the backreaction problem and in particular the possibility that this Casimir energy could both source a short inflationary epoch and avoid the big bang singularity through a bounce.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0510052

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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