GENERALIZED 6TH-ORDER GRAVITY AND INFLATION

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作者
AMENDOLA, L
MAYER, AB
CAPOZZIELLO, S
GOTTLOBER, S
MULLER, V
OCCHIONERO, F
SCHMIDT, HJ
机构
[1] ASTROPHYS INST,O-1591 POTSDAM,GERMANY
[2] UNIV NAPLES,DIPARTIMENTO SCI FIS,I-80125 NAPLES,ITALY
[3] UNIV POTSDAM,FACHBEREICH MATH,O-1570 POTSDAM,GERMANY
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10.1088/0264-9381/10/5/001
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We consider sixth-order theories of gravity with Lagrangians containing the term R(N) square R, where N > 1 is an integer. A conformal transformation gives a picture with two scalar fields in Einstein's theory. We 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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页码:L43 / L47
页数:5
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