Anisotropic singularities in modified gravity models

Abstract

We show that the common singularities present in generic modified gravity models governed by actions of the type $S=\int d^{4}x\sqrt{-g}f(R,\varphi ,X)$, with $X=-1/2g^{ab}{\partial }_a\varphi {\partial }_b\varphi$, are essentially the same anisotropic instabilities associated to the hypersurface $F(\varphi )=0$ in the case of a non-minimal coupling of the type $F(\varphi )R$, enlightening the physical origin of such singularities that typically arise in rather complex and cumbersome inhomogeneous perturbation analyses. We show, moreover, that such anisotropic instabilities typically give rise to dynamically unavoidable singularities, precluding completely the possibility of having physically viable models for which the hypersurface $\frac{\partial f}{\partial R}=0$ exists. Some examples are explicitly discussed.

6 pages, final version to appear in PRD

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