Abstract:
We consider the dynamics of the universe following from the variational principle with boundary terms added to the action. We calculate a scalar function that effectively accounts for the contribution of these boundary terms to the density and pressure of the medium filling the universe. An interesting result of the proposed approach is that a superfast expansion stage arises automatically (without additional conditions). We show the connection between the description of inflationary expansion based on the scalar field and our model.
Citation:
V. I. Kochkin, “Dynamics of the Friedmann universe with boundary terms added to the action”, TMF, 206:2 (2021), 269–276; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 206:2 (2021), 236–242
This publication is cited in the following 2 articles:
V. I. Kochkin, “Energy–momentum tensor of a causally disconnected region of the Universe, the cosmological constant, and the inflationary model”, Theoret. and Math. Phys., 221:1 (2024), 1766–1775
V. I. Kochkin, “Cosmological constant, scalar field, and the coincidence
problem”, Theoret. and Math. Phys., 212:3 (2022), 1303–1311