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Generalized multi-Galileons, covariantized new terms, and the no-go theorem for nonsingular cosmologies
It has been pointed out that nonsingular cosmological solutions in second-order scalar-tensor theories generically suffer from gradient instabilities. We extend this no-go result to second-order gravitational theories with an arbitrary number of interacting scalar fields. Our proof follows directly...
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Published in: | Physical review. D 2017-03, Vol.95 (6), Article 064011 |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | It has been pointed out that nonsingular cosmological solutions in second-order scalar-tensor theories generically suffer from gradient instabilities. We extend this no-go result to second-order gravitational theories with an arbitrary number of interacting scalar fields. Our proof follows directly from the action of generalized multi-Galileons, and thus is different from and complementary to that based on the effective field theory approach. Several new terms for generalized multi-Galileons on a flat background were proposed recently. We find a covariant completion of them and confirm that they do not participate in the no-go argument. |
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ISSN: | 2470-0010 2470-0029 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.064011 |