Bouncing Cosmology in Fourth-Order Gravity
arXiv:2203.04918 · doi:10.3390/universe8030161
Abstract
The Big Bang initial singularity problem can be solved by means of bouncing solutions. In the context of extended theories of gravity, we will look for covariant effective actions whose field equations contain up to fourth-order derivatives of the metric tensor. In finding such bouncing solutions, we will make use of an order reduction technique based on a perturbative approach. Reducing the order of the field equations to second-order, we are able to find solutions which are perturbatively close to General Relativity. We will build the covariant effective actions of the resulting order reduced theories.
7 pages. Proceedings for the Special Issue "Alternative Gravities and Fundamental Cosmology", matches published version in Universe
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