Kink instability and stabilization of the Friedmann universe with scalar fields

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2004.12.035zbMATH Open1247.83284arXivgr-qc/0412040OpenAlexW2067855890WikidataQ132194541 ScholiaQ132194541MaRDI QIDQ451553FDOQ451553

Authors: Hideki Maeda, Tomohiro Harada 

Publication date: 23 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The evolution of weak discontinuity is investigated in the flat FRW universe with a single scalar field and with multiple scalar fields. We consider both massless scalar fields and scalar fields with exponential potentials. Then we find that a new type of instability, i.e. kink instability develops in the flat FRW universe with massless scalar fields. The kink instability develops with scalar fields with considerably steep exponential potentials, while less steep exponential potentials do not suffer from kink instability. In particular, assisted inflation with multiple scalar fields does not suffer from kink instability. The stability of general spherically symmetric self-similar solutions is also discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0412040

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zbMATH Keywords

weak discontinuityflat FRW universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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