Evading the theoretical no-go theorem for nonsingular bounces in Horndeski/Galileon cosmology

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB256AzbMATH Open1477.83074arXiv1808.01170OpenAlexW3099535338MaRDI QIDQ5159883FDOQ5159883

Authors: Shreya Banerjee, Yi-Fu Cai, Emmanuel N. Saridakis 

Publication date: 28 October 2021

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

Abstract: We show that a nonsingular bounce, free of ghosts and gradient instabilities, can be realized in the framework of Horndeski or generalized Galileon cosmology. In particular, we first review that the theoretical no-go theorem, which states that the above is impossible, is based on two very strong assumptions, namely that a particular quantity cannot be discontinuous during the bounce, and that there is only one bounce. However, as we show in the present work, the first assumption not only can be violated in a general Horndeski/Galileon scenario, but also it is necessarily violated at the bounce point within the subclass of Horndeski/Galileon gravity in which $K(phi,X)$ becomes zero at $X=0$. Additionally, concerning the second assumption, which is crucial in improved versions of the theorem which claim that even if a nonlinear free of pathologies can be realized it will lead to pathologies in the infinite past or infinite future, we show that if needed it can be evaded by considering cyclic cosmology, with an infinite sequence of nonsingular bounces free of pathologies, which forbids the universe to reach the "problematic" regime at infinite past or infinite future. Finally, in order to make the analysis more transparent we provide explicit examples where nonsingular bounces without theoretical pathologies can be achieved.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.01170

Recommendations

• G-bounce inflation: towards nonsingular inflation cosmology with galileon field
• The effective field theory of nonsingular cosmology
• Cosmological bounce and Genesis beyond Horndeski
• Fully stable cosmological solutions with a non-singular classical bounce
• A covariant Lagrangian for stable nonsingular bounce

zbMATH Keywords

bounce cosmologyHorndeski theoryGalileon theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

Cites Work

• INTRODUCTION TO MODIFIED GRAVITY AND GRAVITATIONAL ALTERNATIVE FOR DARK ENERGY
• Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems
• Mimetic \(F(R)\) gravity: inflation, dark energy and bounce
• Generalized \(G\)-inflation - inflation with the most general second-order field equations
• A critical review of classical bouncing cosmologies
• Bouncing braneworlds
• Matter bounce cosmology with the \(f(T)\) gravity
• Cyclic cosmology from Lagrange-multiplier modified gravity
• A nonsingular universe
• Bouncing universes in string-inspired gravity
• Bouncing cosmologies: progress and problems
• Superbounce and loop quantum ekpyrotic cosmologies from modified gravity: \(F(R)\), \(F(G)\) and \(F(T)\) theories
• Cyclic universes from general collisionless braneworld models
• The effective field theory of nonsingular cosmology
• Bounce beyond Horndeski with GR asymptotics and γ-crossing
• A covariant Lagrangian for stable nonsingular bounce
• Fully stable cosmological solutions with a non-singular classical bounce
• Cosmological bounce and Genesis beyond Horndeski
• Unbraiding the bounce: superluminality around the corner
• Matter bounce cosmology with a generalized single field: non-Gaussianity and an extended no-go theorem
• Scaling solutions in Galileon cosmology
• G-bounce inflation: towards nonsingular inflation cosmology with galileon field
• Phantom without ghost
• Space-time slicing in Horndeski theories and its implications for non-singular bouncing solutions

Cited In (10)

• Bounce from inflation
• The effective field theory of nonsingular cosmology
• A covariant Lagrangian for stable nonsingular bounce
• Healthy Horndeski cosmologies with torsion
• No-Go Theorem for<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>k</mml:mi></mml:math>-Essence Dark Energy
• Fully stable cosmological solutions with a non-singular classical bounce
• Cosmological bounce and Genesis beyond Horndeski
• DHOST bounce
• G-bounce inflation: towards nonsingular inflation cosmology with galileon field
• Interpreting cosmic no hair theorems: Is fatalism about the far future of expanding cosmological models unavoidable?

This page was built for publication: Evading the theoretical no-go theorem for nonsingular bounces in Horndeski/Galileon cosmology

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5159883)