On the stability of gravity in the presence of a non-minimally coupled scalar field

2002/05/29 by L. Raul Abramo, L. Brenig, E. Gunzig · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Action (physics) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical field theory #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Einstein #Field (mathematics) #Geometry #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Gravitation #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Scalar (mathematics) #Scalar field #Scalar theories of gravitation #Sign (mathematics) #Theoretical physics #astro-ph #f(R) gravity #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(02)02898-8

published as Phys.Lett. B549 (2002) 13-19 · References and some clarifications added; 11 pages, 1 figure; submitted to Physics Letters B

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Abstract

We show that Einstein's gravity coupled to a non-minimally coupled scalar field is stable even for high values of the scalar field, when the sign of the Einstein-Hilbert action is reversed. We also discuss inflationary solutions and a possible new mechanism of reheating.

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