2011/06/30 by Stefano Vignolo, Luca Fabbri, Roberto Cianci · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.3658865
published as J. Math. Phys. 52, 112502 (2011) · 25 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2011/11/11 · arxiv updated 2011/11/14
We study Dirac spinors in Bianchi type-I cosmological models, within the framework of torsional f(R)-gravity. We find four types of results: the resulting dynamic behavior of the universe depends on the particular choice of function f(R); some f(R) models do not isotropize and have no Einstein limit, so that they have no physical significance, whereas for other f(R) models isotropization and Einsteinization occur, and so they are physically acceptable, suggesting that phenomenological arguments may select f(R) models that are physically meaningful; the singularity problem can be avoided, due to the presence of torsion; the general conservation laws holding for f(R)-gravity with torsion ensure the preservation of the Hamiltonian constraint, so proving that the initial value problem is well-formulated for these models.