Generalized sixth-order gravity and inflation

The authors consider sixth-order theories of gravity with Lagrangians containing the term R N Square Operator R, where N>1 is an integer. A conformal transformation gives a picture with two scalar fields in Einstein's theory. They find de Sitter and power law inflationary solutions. However,...

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Main Author: Amendola, Luca (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 1993
In: Classical and quantum gravity
Year: 1993, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: L43-L47
ISSN:1361-6382
DOI:10.1088/0264-9381/10/5/001
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/10/5/001
Verlag, Volltext: http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/10/i=5/a=001
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Author Notes:Luca Amendola, Alexandra Battaglia Mayer, Salvatore Capozziello, Stefan Gottlöber, Volker Müller, Franco Occhionero and Hans-Jurgen Schmidt
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Summary:The authors consider sixth-order theories of gravity with Lagrangians containing the term R N Square Operator R, where N>1 is an integer. A conformal transformation gives a picture with two scalar fields in Einstein's theory. They find de Sitter and power law inflationary solutions. However, the theory has an unstable weak-field behaviour, because the linearized field equation is of lower order than the non-linear one.
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ISSN:1361-6382
DOI:10.1088/0264-9381/10/5/001