Global dynamics and asymptotics for monomial scalar field potentials and perfect fluids

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/14/145005zbMATH Open1327.83011arXiv1503.06994OpenAlexW2963763935MaRDI QIDQ3448689FDOQ3448689

Authors: Artur Alho, Juliette Hell, Claes Uggla 

Publication date: 26 October 2015

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

Abstract: We consider a minimally coupled scalar field with a monomial potential and a perfect fluid in flat FLRW cosmology. We apply local and global dynamical systems techniques to a new three-dimensional dynamical systems reformulation of the field equations on a compact state space. This leads to a visual global description of the solution space and asymptotic behavior. At late times we employ averaging techniques to prove statements about how the relationship between the equation of state of the fluid and the monomial exponent of the scalar field affects asymptotic source dominance and asymptotic manifest self-similarity breaking. We also situate the `attractor' solution in the three-dimensional state space and show that it corresponds to the one-dimensional unstable center manifold of a de Sitter fixed point, located on an unphysical boundary associated with the dynamics at early times. By deriving a center manifold expansion we obtain approximate expressions for the attractor solution. We subsequently improve the accuracy and range of the approximation by means of Pad'e approximants and compare with the slow-roll approximation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06994

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zbMATH Keywords

dynamical systemsaveragingcenter manifoldcosmologyscalar fieldPadé approximantsslow-roll

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20)

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