The Cosmological Scalar in the Jordan-Brans-Dicke Theory. II.

Cosmological solutions are examined in the proper representation of the JBD theory with a dominant nonminimally coupled scalar field. It is shown that only the introduction of a cosmological scalar that transforms to the ordinary cosmological constant in the Einstein representation enables a phase of evolution with a uniform and then an accelerated expansion of the universe over cosmological time scales. __________ Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 633–640 (November 2005).     

Cosmological Scalar in the Jordan-Brans-Dicke Theory. I

A variant of the Jordan-Brans-Dicke (JBD) theory is examined which contains a cosmological scalar that is written so that on going to the Einstein representation it becomes the ordinary cosmological constant of general relativity theory. This paper is divided into two parts. In Part I we examine the cosmological solutions for the Einstein representation of the JBD theory, i.e., in the presence of a minimally coupled scalar field. In Part II we shall study the cosmological solutions in the proper representation of the JBD theory with a self consistent scalar field. The analysis of these solutions is of interest in connection with modern concepts of the evolution of the universe, in particular, with the observed acceleration of cosmological expansion and estimates of the density of dark matter and dark energy.__________Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 455–462 (August 2005).     

Conformally symmetric Abelian Higgs sunspot and non-metricity of the Sun's spacetime

A U(1)-symmetric Yang-Mills-Higgs (i.e., an Abelian Higgs) sunspot's model is recognized to originate from a massless, complex-valued scalar field coupled minimally to electromagnetic gauge potentials in the background of a (globally)conformally symmetric semi-metric spacetime, whose metric structure is described by the generalized Einstein equations with nonvanishing (positive-valued) cosmological constant. It is shown, in particular, that non-linearity (selfcoupling) of the scalar field appears due to a non-zeroness of the cosmological term, whereas its non-zero vacuum amplitude is induced by the (Ricci scalar) curvature of the Sun's spacetime manifold.     

Quintessential inflation models with a nonminimally coupled scalar field

The evolution of a homogeneous, isotropic cosmological model driven by a nonminimally coupled scalar field is studied. The potential for the quintessential inflation model proposed by Peebles and Vilenkin is selected as a scalar potential. Possible scenarios for the cosmological dynamics are described in the conformal Einstein and Jordan representations. It is shown that, unlike in models with a minimal scalar field, here a class of solutions exists for which the scalar field is fixed at finite values during cosmological expansion. __________ Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 487–498 (August 2006).     

Spatially flat R-W cosmological model with massive scalar field

A spatially flat Robertson-Walker R-W cosmological model filled with a massive scalar field has been obtained for Einstein's field equations in the presence of a cosmological constant.     

Cosmological scalar fields that mimic the ΛCDM cosmological model

We look for cosmologies with a scalar field (dark energy without cosmological constant), which mimic the standard ΛCDM cosmological model yielding exactly the same large-scale geometry described by the evolution of the Hubble parameter (i.e. photometric distance and angular diameter distance as functions on z). Asymptotic behavior of the field solutions is studied in the case of spatially flat Universe with pressureless matter and separable scalar field Lagrangians; the cases of power-law kinetic term and power-law potential are considered. Exact analytic solutions are found in some special cases. A number of models have the field solutions with infinite behavior in the past or even singular behavior at finite redshifts. We point out that introduction of the cosmological scalar field involves some degeneracy leading to lower precision in determination of Ω _m . To remove this degeneracy additional information is needed besides the data on large-scale geometry. The article is published in the original.     

Scalar fields and the inflationary phase of the cosmic evolution

Scalar fields are an important ingredient of modern cosmological models describing the very early universe. If they are of the Higgs field type, scalar fields offer a possibility to understand why the cosmological constant is such a small quantity. This is because of the fact that different ground states are possible for a Higgs field. The unstable ground state gives an inflationary stage of the cosmic evolution and a large cosmological constant whereas the stable ground state has a vanishing cosmological constant and is decisive for the late time behaviour with an Einstein-De Sitter — like expansion law.     

Inhomogeneous cosmological models in the presence of massless scalar fields

Non-static inhomogeneous cosmological models are obtained in general relativity for the case of a plane symmetric massless scalar field with cosmological constant A,when the source of the gravitational field is a viscous fluid.Some physical and geometrical behaviors of the solutions are also discussed.     

String effective gravitation and extended inflation

The low-energy string gravitation is investigated for the case of reduction with a variable (in string units) inner space. A flat cosmological model of the corresponding four-dimensional theory is constructed. The model equations are analyzed qualitatively for a potential-dominated scalar field as the source. It is demonstrated that an extended inflation stage with one purely scalar dilaton field is possible here, in contrast with the case of a constant inner space. The pattern of cosmological evolution in various conformal representations is discussed.Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 99–119, January–March, 1995.     

Multidimensional Cosmology and Asymptotical AdS

A non-linear gravitational model with a multidimensional geometry and quadratic scalar curvature is considered. For certain parameter ranges, the extra dimensions are stabilized if the internal spaces have negative constant curvature. As a consequence, the 4-dimensional effective cosmological constant as well as the bulk cosmological constant become negative. The homogeneous and isotropic external space is asymptotically AdS₄. The connection between the D-dimensional and the 4-dimensional fundamental mass scales sets an additional restriction on the parameters of the considered non-linear models. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Bianchi type-V cosmological model with perfect fluid using negative constant deceleration parameter in a scalar tensor theory based on Lyra Manifold

An exact Bianchi type-V perfect fluid cosmological model is obtained in a scalar tensor theory proposed by Sen (Z. Phys. 149:311, 1957) based on Lyra Manifold in case of β is a constant and it is shown that this cosmological model exists only in the case of Radiation Universe (ρ=3p) if β is a function of ‘t’ using negative constant deceleration parameter. Some physical and geometrical properties of these models are discussed.     

Accelerated Brans-Dicke universe in higher-derivative induced gravity-like conformally coupling and dominated by Gauss-Bonnet dark energy

We investigate the late-time dynamics of a four-dimensional universe based on the effective action of a Brans-Dicke scalar field in the presence of the matter source term, conformal coupling of the scalar curvature to the scalar field, a dynamical cosmological constant and Gauss-Bonnet higher-order terms in the scalar curvature. Many new interesting features are revealed and discussed in some details.     

Viscous fluid cosmology with a cosmological constant

Exact solutions of the field equations for a Bianchi type-I space-time, filled with a viscous fluid and cosmological constant, are obtained. We utilize the constancy of deceleration parameter to get singular and non-singular solutions. We investigate a number of solutions with constant and time-varying cosmological constant together with a linear relation between shear viscosity and expansion scalar. Due to dissipative processes, the mean anisotropy and shear of the model tend to zero at a faster rate.     

D-Dimensional non-singular universe dominated by dark energy

We investigate the late-time dynamics of a four-dimensional universe based on the effective action of a Brans-Dicke scalar field in the presence of the matter source term, conformal coupling of the scalar curvature to the scalar field, a dynamical cosmological constant and Gauss-Bonnet higher-order terms in the scalar curvature. Many new interesting features are revealed and discussed in some details.     

A Qualitative Analysis of the Attractor Mechanism of General relativity

In this work we present a phase-space analysis of the cosmological relaxation of generalized gravity theories where the gravitational constant G varies towards general relativity. We assess the interplay of the two main mechanisms that yield general relativity as the cosmological attractor: (i) the vanishing of the coupling function α(ϕ), and (ii) the existence of a minimum of the scalar field potential. The latter mechanism is shown to supersede the first. We classify the fixed points associated to different types of potentials and discuss the late time self-similar solutions that arise when the scalar field potential exhibits an asymptotic exponential behaviour from the viewpoint of the relaxation mechanism. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

(An)Isotropic models in scalar and scalar-tensor cosmologies

We study how the constants G and Λ may vary in different theoretical models (general relativity with a perfect fluid, scalar cosmological models (“quintessence”) with and without interacting scalar and matter fields and a scalar-tensor model with a dynamical Λ) in order to explain some observational results. We apply the program outlined in section II to study three different geometries which generalize the FRW ones, which are Bianchi V, VII₀ and IX, under the self-similarity hypothesis. We put special emphasis on calculating exact power-law solutions which allow us to compare the different models. In all the studied cases we arrive at the conclusion that the solutions are isotropic and noninflationary while the cosmological constant behaves as a positive decreasing time function (in agreement with the current observations) and the gravitational constant behaves as a growing time function.     

Dynamics of a Cosmological Model with a Conformally-Coupled Scalar Field

Astrophysics - Cosmological evolution is examined in a model with a conformally-coupled scalar field and with a cosmological constant. Models of this type arise in two types of gravitational...     

Large-scale structure formation in cosmology with classical and tachyonic scalar fields

The evolution of scalar perturbations is studied for 2-component (non-relativistic matter and dark energy) cosmological models at the linear and non-linear stages. The dark energy is assumed to be the scalar field with either classical or tachyonic Lagrangian and constant equation-of-state parameter w. The fields and potentials were reconstructed for the set of cosmological parameters derived from observations. The comparison of the calculated within these models and observational large-scale structure characteristics is made. It is shown that for w = const such analysis can’t remove the existing degeneracy of the dark energy models. The article is published in the original.     

Stability of viscous fluid in Bianchi type-VI model with cosmological constant

In this paper, we investigate Bianchi type-VI cosmological model for the universe filled with dark energy and viscous fluid in the presence of cosmological constant. Also, we show accelerating expansion of the universe by drawing volume scale, pressure and energy density versus cosmic time. In order to solve the Einstein’s field equations, we assume the expansion scalar is proportional to a component of the shear tensor. Therefore, we obtain the directional scale factors and show the EOS parameter crosses over phantom divided-line.     

Canonical and phantom scalar fields as an interaction of two perfect fluids

In this article we investigate and develop specific aspects of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) scalar field cosmologies related to the interpretation that canonical and phantom scalar field sources may be interpreted as cosmological configurations with a mixture of two interacting barotropic perfect fluids: a matter component ρ ₁(t) with a stiff equation of state (p ₁=ρ ₁), and an “effective vacuum energy” ρ ₂(t) with a cosmological constant equation of state (p ₂=?ρ ₂). An important characteristic of this alternative equivalent formulation in the framework of interacting cosmologies is that it gives, by choosing a suitable form of the interacting term Q, an approach for obtaining exact and numerical solutions. The choice of Q merely determines a specific scalar field with its potential, thus allowing to generate closed, open and flat FRW scalar field cosmologies.