Sudden Brans-Dicke singularities
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Peer-reviewed
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Barrow, JD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6083-9751
Abstract
jats:titleAbstract</jats:title> jats:pWe show that cosmological sudden singularities that respect the energy conditions can occur at finite times in Brans–Dicke and more general scalar-tensor theories of gravity. We construct these explicitly in the Friedmann universes. Higher-order versions of these singularities are also possible, including those that arise with when scalar fields have a self-interaction potential of power-law form.</jats:p>
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Keywords
cosmology, scalar-tensor gravity, singularities
Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
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0264-9381
1361-6382
1361-6382
Volume Title
37
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IOP Publishing
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/P000673/1)