Remarks on the cosmological constant appearing as an initial condition for Milne-like spacetimes

Abstract

Milne-like spacetimes are a class of $k=-1$ FLRW spacetimes which admit continuous spacetime extensions through the big bang. In a previous paper [30], it was shown that the cosmological constant appears as an initial condition for Milne-like spacetimes. In this paper, we generalize this statement to spacetimes which share similar geometrical properties with Milne-like spacetimes but without the strong spatially isotropic assumption associated with them. We show how our results yield a "quasi de Sitter" expansion for the early universe which could have applications to inflationary scenarios.

arXiv comment16 pages, 3 figures, article for the conference "Singularity theorems, causality, and all that; a tribute to Roger Penrose." Final version to appear in GRG

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