Classical big-bounce cosmology: dynamical analysis of a homogeneous and irrotational Weyssenhoff fluid

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245016zbMATH Open1156.83321arXiv0807.2523OpenAlexW2003105923MaRDI QIDQ5503604FDOQ5503604

Authors: Sylvain Bréchet, M. P. Hobson, A. N. Lasenby 

Publication date: 15 January 2009

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

Abstract: A dynamical analysis of an effective homogeneous and irrotational Weyssenhoff fluid in general relativity is performed using the 1+3 covariant approach that enables the dynamics of the fluid to be determined without assuming any particular form for the space-time metric. The spin contributions to the field equations produce a bounce that averts an initial singularity, provided that the spin density exceeds the rate of shear. At later times, when the spin contribution can be neglected, a Weyssenhoff fluid reduces to a standard cosmological fluid in general relativity. Numerical solutions for the time evolution of the generalised scale factor in spatially-curved models are presented, some of which exhibit eternal oscillatory behaviour without any singularities. In spatially-flat models, analytical solutions for particular values of the equation-of-state parameter are derived. Although the scale factor of a Weyssenhoff fluid generically has a positive temporal curvature near a bounce, it requires unreasonable fine tuning of the equation-of-state parameter to produce a sufficiently extended period of inflation to fit the current observational data.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.2523

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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