Effective actions for modified Loop Quantum Cosmologies via order reduction
arXiv:2104.12283 · doi:10.3390/universe9040181
Abstract
General Relativity is an extremely successful theory, at least for weak gravitational fields, however, it breaks down at very high energies, such as in correspondence of the initial singularity. Quantum Gravity is expected to provide more physical insights concerning this open question. Indeed, one alternative scenario to the Big Bang, that manages to completely avoid the singularity, is offered by Loop Quantum Cosmology (LQC), which predicts that the Universe undergoes a collapse to an expansion through a bounce. In this work, we use metric gravity to reproduce the modified Friedmann equations which have been obtained in the context of modified loop quantum cosmologies. To achieve this, we apply an order reduction method to the field equations, and obtain covariant effective actions that lead to a bounce, for specific models of modified LQC, considering matter as a scalar field.
16 pages, 4 figures. V2: typo corrected in caption of Fig.4a); references added
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