Integration of the Friedmann equation for universes of arbitrary complexity

dc.creatorLake, Kayll
dc.date2006-03-09
dc.date2006-12-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:28:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:28:16Z
dc.descriptionAn explicit and complete set of constants of the motion are constructed algorithmically for Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) models consisting of an arbitrary number of non-interacting species. The inheritance of constants of the motion from simpler models as more species are added is stressed. It is then argued that all FLRW models admit what amounts to a unique candidate for a gravitational epoch function (a dimensionless scalar invariant derivable from the Riemann tensor without differentiation which is monotone throughout the evolution of the universe). The same relations that lead to the construction of constants of the motion allow an explicit evaluation of this function. In the simplest of all models, the $Λ$CDM model, it is shown that the epoch function exists for all models with $Λ> 0$, but for almost no models with $Λ\leq 0$.
dc.descriptionFinal form to appear in Physical Review D15
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0603028
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0603028
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D74:123505,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.123505
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177391
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleIntegration of the Friedmann equation for universes of arbitrary complexity
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