Inflation from a Non-Local Theory of Gravity

2009/08/19 by Philip Stephens, Stephens, Philip · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0908.2787

Abstract

This paper studies the inflationary dynamics of a Non-Local Theory of gravity. This theory, based around derivatives of the Ricci Scalar in the Einstein-Hilbert action, was previously found to be Ghost free, and to give rise to a bouncing cosmology. Perturbation spectra are calculated and found to be similar to those for chaotic inflation.

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