Cosmological singularity theorems for $f(R)$ gravity theories

Abstract

In the present work some generalizations of the Hawking singularity theorems in the context of $f(R)$ theories are presented. The assumptions are of these generalized theorems is that the matter fields satisfy the conditions $(T_{ij}-\frac{g_{ij}}{2}T)k^i{k}^j\ge 0$ for any generic unit time like field, that the scalaron takes bounded positive values during its evolution, and that the resulting space time is globally hyperbolic. Then, if there exist a Cauchy hyper surface $\Sigma$ for which the expansion parameter $\theta$ of the geodesic congruence emanating orthogonally from $\Sigma$ satisfies some specific conditions, it may be shown that the resulting space time is geodesically incomplete. Some mathematical results of reference \cite{fewster} are very important for proving this. The generalized theorems presented here apply directly some specific models such as the Hu-Sawicki or Starobinsky ones \cite{especif3}, \cite{capoziello4}. However, for other scenarios, some extra assumptions should be implemented for the geodesic incompleteness to take place. However, the negation of the hypothesis of these results does not necessarily imply that a singularity is absent, but that other mathematical results should be considered to prove that.

An improved version is published in JCAP 05 (2016) 023

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