Non-chaotic dynamics in general-relativistic and scalar-tensor cosmology

Abstract

In the context of scalar-tensor models of dark energy and inflation, the dynamics of vacuum scalar-tensor cosmology are analysed without specifying the coupling function or the scalar field potential. A conformal transformation to the Einstein frame is used and the dynamics of general relativity with a minimally coupled scalar field are derived for a generic potential. It is shown that the dynamics are non-chaotic, thus settling an existing debate.

20 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Class. Quantum Grav

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