Consistent metric combinations in cosmology of massive bigravity
arXiv:1502.03988 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.104034
Abstract
Massive bigravity models are interesting alternatives to standard cosmology. In most cases, however, these models have been studied for a simplified scenario in which both metrics take homogeneous and isotropic forms [Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW)] with the same spatial curvatures. The interest to consider more general geometries arises, in particular, in view of the difficulty so far encountered in building stable cosmological solutions with homogeneous and isotropic metrics. Here we consider a number of cases in which the two metrics take more general forms, namely FLRW with different spatial curvatures---Lemaître, Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi (LTB), and Bianchi I---as well as cases where only one metric is linearly perturbed. We discuss possible consistent combinations and find that only some special cases of FLRW--Lemaître, LTB--LTB, and FLRW--Bianchi I combinations give consistent, nontrivial solutions.
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