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Authors personal copy Astroparticle Physics 34 (2011) 587–590 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Astroparticle Physics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/astropartInflation from R2 gravity: A new approach using nonlinear electrodynamicsChristian Corda a,b,⇑,1, Herman J. Mosquera Cuesta c,d,e,2a International Institute for Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Einstein-Galilei, via Bruno Buozzi 47, 59100 Prato, Italyb Institute for Basic Research, P. O. Box 1577, Palm Harbor, FL 34682, USAc Instituto de Cosmologia, Relatividade e Astrofìsica (ICRA-BR), Centro Brasilero de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, CEP 22290 - 180 Urca Rio de Janeiro - RJ Brazild ICRANet, International Coordinating Center, Piazza della Repubblica,10, 65122 Pescara, Italye Departamento de Fìsica, Universidade Vale do Acaraù, Av. da Universidade 850, Campus da Betania, CEP 62.040-370, Sobral, Ceara, Brazila r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c tArticle history: We discuss another approach regarding the inflation from the R2 theory of gravity originally proposed byReceived 26 March 2009 Starobinski. A non-singular early cosmology is proposed, where, adding a nonlinear electrodynamicsReceived in revised form 22 November 2010 Lagrangian to the high-order action, a bouncing is present and a power-law inflation is obtained. InAccepted 2 December 2010 the model the Ricci scalar R works like an inflaton field.Available online 8 December 2010 Ó 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Keywords:InflationNonlinear lagrangian1. Introduction dynamics can be achieved by extending general relativity [2–4]. In this different context, it is not required to search candidates The accelerated expansion of the Universe that is currently pur- for Dark Energy and Dark Matter, which until to date, have notported from observations of SNe Ia suggests that cosmological been found, but rather it claims that only the ‘‘observed’’ ingredi-dynamics is dominated by a ‘‘new’’ substance of the universe con- ents: curvature and baryon matter, have to be taken into account.stituents dubbed as Dark Energy, which is able to provide a large Considering this point of view, one can posit that gravity is notnegative pressure to account for the late-time accelerate expansion. scale-invariant [5]. In so doing, one allows for a room for alterna-This is the standard picture, in which such a new ingredient is con- tive theories to be opened [6–8]. In principle, interesting Dark En-sidered as a source of the right-hand-side of the field equations. It is ergy and Dark Matter models can be built by considering f(R)posed that it should be some form of un-clustered non-zero vacuum theories of gravity [5,9] (here R is the Ricci curvature scalar).energy which, together with the clustered Dark Matter, drives the In this perspective, even the sensitive detectors of gravitationalglobal dynamics. This is the so-called ‘‘concordance model’’ (KCDM) waves like bars and interferometers (i.e. those which are currentlywhich gives, in agreement with the data analysis of the observations in operation and the ones which are in a phase of planning and pro-of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR), Lyman posal stages [10,11]), could, in principle, test the physical consis-Limit Systems (LLS) and type la supernovae (SNe Ia), a good frame- tency of general relativity or of any other theory of gravitation.work for understanding the currently observed Universe. However, This is because in the context of Extended Theories of Gravitythe KCDM presents several shortcomings as the well known ‘‘coin- important differences with respect to general relativity show upcidence’’ and ‘‘cosmological constant’’ problems [1]. after studying the linearized theory [12–15]. An alternative approach to explain the purported late-time In this paper, another approach regarding the inflation from theacceleration of the universe is to change the left hand side of the R2 theory of gravity, which is the simplest among f(R) theories andfield equations, and to inquire whether the observed cosmic was been originally proposed by Starobinski [16], is shown. A non- singular early cosmology is proposed, where, adding a nonlinear ⇑ Corresponding author. Addresses: Associazione Scientifica Galileo Galilei, Via electrodynamics Lagrangian to the high-order action, a bouncingPier Cironi 16-59100 PRATO, Italy. Institute for Basic Research, P. O. Box 1577, Palm is present and a power-law inflation is obtained. In the modelHarbor, FL 34682, USA. the Ricci scalar R works like an inflaton field. E-mail addresses: christian.corda@ego-gw.it (C. Corda), herman@icra.it (H.J. In the general picture of high order theories of gravity, recentlyMosquera Cuesta). the R2 theory has been analysed in various interesting frameworks, 1 Partially supported by a Research Grant of The R.M. Santilli Foundations NumberRMS-TH-5735A2310. see [17,18] for example. 2 Fellow of Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientìfico e We recall that extensions of the traditional Maxwell electromag-Tecnològico (FUNCAP), Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. netic Lagrangian, which take into account high order terms of the0927-6505/$ - see front matter Ó 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.12.002

Authors personal copy588 C. Corda, H.J. Mosquera Cuesta / Astroparticle Physics 34 (2011) 587–590electromagnetic scalar F, have been used in cosmological models b can be obtained by varing the action in respect to R. It is[19], gravitational redshifts of neutron stars [20] and pulsars [21]. @ðR þ aR2 ÞMoreover, a particular nonlinear Lagrangian has been analysed in a3 dR À bdR ¼ 0; ð8Þthe context of the Pioneer 10/11 spacecraft anomaly [22]. @R which gives2. Action and lagrangian @ðR þ aR2 Þ b ¼ a3 ¼ a3 ð2aR þ 1Þ: ð9Þ Let us consider the high order action [16–18] @R Z ffi 4 pffiffiffiffiffiffi Thus, substituting in Eq. (7) one obtainsS¼ d x Àg R þ aR2 þ Lm : ð1Þ Z n o S ¼ 2p2 dt À2a3 aR2 À 6a2 að2aR þ 1Þ À 6aðaÞ2 ð2aR þ 1Þ þ a3 Lm : € _ Such an Eq. (1) is a particular choice in respect to the wellknown canonical one of General Relativity (the Einstein–Hilbert ð10Þaction [23]) which is Z The term À6a2 að2aR þ 1Þ is critical as it contains a second € 4 pffiffiffiffiffiffi ffiS¼ d x Àg ðR þ Lm Þ: ð2Þ derivative of a. Let us integrate it. It is Z 2 We are going to show that the action (1), applied to the Fried- À6 dta að2aR þ 1Þ ¼ À6a2 að2aR þ 1Þ € _ `mann–Lemaıtre–Robertson–Walker Cosmology, generates a non- Z h isingular inflationary phase of the Universe where the Ricci scalar þ 6 dt 2aa2 aR þ 2aðaÞ2 ð2aR þ 1Þ __ _acts like inflaton, and a bouncing is present, if Lm is the non linear Z h ielectrodynamics Lagrangian. Note that in this letter we work with ¼ 6 dt 2aa2 aR þ 2aðaÞ2 ð2aR þ 1Þ ; __ _ ð11Þ8pG = 1, c = 1 and = 1. h Inflationary models of the early Universe were analysed in the where we have taken into account that the term outside the integralearly and middles 1980’s (see [24] for a review), starting from an is equal to zero as it is a pure divergence.idea of Starobinski [16] and Guth [25]. These are cosmological Substituting in Eq. (10), one getsmodels in which the Universe undergoes a brief phase of a very ra- Z n opid expansion in early times. In this context the expansion could be S ¼ 2p2 dt Àa3 aR2 þ 12aa2 aR þ 6aðaÞ2 ð2aR þ 1Þ þ a3 Lm : __ _power-law or exponential in time. Inflationary models providesolutions to the horizon and flatness problems and contain a mech- ð12Þanism which creates perturbations in all fields [24]. Then, the Lagrangian is In Cosmology, the Universe is seen like a dynamic and thermo-dynamic system in which test masses (i.e. the ‘‘particles’’) are the L ¼ Àa3 aR2 þ 12aa2 aR þ 6aðaÞ2 ð2aR þ 1Þ þ a3 Lm : __ _ ð13Þgalaxies that are stellar systems with a number of the order of The energy function associated to the Lagrangian is [23]109 À 1011 stars [23]. Galaxies are located in clusters and superclusters, and observations show that, on cosmological scales, their @L @L _ EL ¼ _ aþ R À L: ð14Þdistribution is uniform. This is also confirmed by the WMAP data _ @a _ @Ron the Cosmic Background Radiation [26,27]. These assumption Combining Eq. (13) with Eq. (14), the conditioncan be summarized in the so called Cosmological Principle: the EL ¼ 0; ð15ÞUniverse is homogeneous everywhere and isotropic around every 1 dapoint. Cosmological Principle simplifies the analysis of the large together with the definition of the Hubble constant, i.e. H ¼ a dt , andscale structure, because it implies that the proper distances be- with a little algebra givestween any two galaxies is given by an universal scale factor which _ Lm Ris the same for any couple of galaxies [23]. H2 ¼ ÀH : ð16Þ 3aR R In this framework, the cosmological line – element is the well `known Friedmann–Lemaıtre–Robertson–Walker one, and for a _ From the Euler–Lagrange equation for a and a, i.e. [23]sake of simplicity we will consider the flat case, because the WMAP @L d @Ldata are in agreement with it [26,27]: ¼ ; ð17Þ _ @a dt @ a 2 2 2 2 2ds ¼ Àdt þ a2 ðdz þ dx þ dy Þ: ð3Þ one getsFollowing [23] we also get € _ 2Lm : R þ 3HR ¼ ð18Þ À1 0 0 0 3a 2 0 þa 0 0g lm ¼ ; ð4Þ An important question is where Eq. (15) comes from [29]. In 0 0 þa2 0 general relativity, due to the reparametrization invariance of the 0 0 0 þa2 time coordinate, the total energy (including the contribution from the gravity sector) vanishes [29]. In the action (12), however, therepffiffiffiffiffiffiffi Àg ¼ a3 ; ð5Þ is not the reparametrization invariance because the total derivative terms are dropped [29]. Then, one can think that the total energyand " does not always vanish [29]. We clarify this point as it follows. 2 # 1 da_ _ a Let us start by the original action (1) from which the action (12)R ¼ À6 þ : ð6Þ a dt a arises. Let us consider the conformal transformation [30] One can use the Lagrange multipliers putting g ab ¼ e2U g ab ; ~ ð19Þ Z ( " 2 # ) € _ where the conformal rescaling a aS ¼ 2p2 dt a3 ðR þ aR2 Þ À b R þ 6 þ 6 þ a3 Lm : ð7Þ a a e2U ¼ 2aR þ 1 ð20Þ

Authors personal copy C. Corda, H.J. Mosquera Cuesta / Astroparticle Physics 34 (2011) 587–590 589has been chosen. By applying the conformal transformation (19) to One getsthe action (1) the conformal equivalent Hilbert–Einstein action rffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi pffiffiffiffiffiffiffih i B0 2À 2 Á 4 ~ e a2 ¼ pffiffiffi t þ 12c1 : ð29ÞA ¼ d x Àg R þ LðU; U;a Þ þ Lm ð21Þ a 3 This expression is not singular for c1 > 0. In this case we see thatis obtained. LðU; U;a Þ is the conformal scalar field contribution de- at the instant t = 0 a minimum value of the scale factor is present:rived from B0 pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffie 1 a2 ¼ pffiffiffi 8c1 : min ð30ÞR ab ¼ Rab þ 2 U;a U;b À g ab U;d U;d À g ab U;d ; ;d ð22Þ a 2 pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi This also implies that, for a value t ¼ 12c1 , the energy densityand Àq reaches a maximum value qmax = 1/64c1. For smaller values of t À Á the energy density decreases, vanishing a t = 0, while the pressureeR ¼ eÀ2U þ R À 6ÃU À 6U;d U;d : ð23Þ becomes negative [19]. In this way, the condition of inflation P À q⁄ < 0 [24] gives the Clearly, the reparametrization invariance of the time coordinate inflationary solutions for Eqs. (16) and (18), if one assumes thatis consistent with the new action (21) in the conformal Einstein the Ricci scalar R acts like inflaton:frame and the total energy (including the contribution from thegravity sector) vanishes in this case too. One could object that RðtÞ ’ ð1 þ Ht=bÞ2 ;the energy in the conformal Einstein frame is different with respect ð31Þ ainf ðtÞ ’ ð1 þ Ht=bÞwþ1=2to the energy in the original Jordan frame, but in Ref. [31] it hasbeen shown that the two conformal frames are energetically equiv- with b ’ w andalent if, together with the conformal rescaling (19), times and qffiffiffiffiffiffiffilengths are rescaled as eU while the mass-energy is rescaled as Hinf ’ LÃ ; m ð32ÞeÀU. This analysis permits to enable the condition of Eq. (15) inthe present discussion too. where LÃ is the right hand side of Eq. (16) which is constant during m the inflationary phase. The idea of considering the Ricci scalar as an3. Nonlinear electrodynamics lagrangian and Inflation effective scalar field (scalaron) arises from Starobinski [16]. In order to show that our model admits a power law inflation- 4. Conclusion remarksary phase, we need to postulate some matter Lagrangian Lm whichcan perform the condition of inflation P <À q [24]. We will use the Another approach regarding the inflation from the R2 theory ofnon linear electrodynamics Lagrangian of [19], which is gravity, which was originally proposed by Starobinsk, has been analysed. A non-singular early cosmology has been proposed, 1Lm À F þ c1 F 2 þ c2 G2 ; ð24Þ where, adding a nonlinear electrodynamics Lagrangian to the 4 high-order action, a bouncing is present and a power-law inflationwhere F is the electromagnetic scalar, c1, c2 are two constants and, is obtained. In the model which has been discussed, the Ricci scalarconsidering the electromagnetic field tensor Fab (see [23] the defini- R works like an inflaton field.tion of this object), G is defined like [19] G 1 gablm F ab F lm . 2 The Lagrangian (24), differently from the one of the singular AcknowledgementsEinstein–Maxwell Universe, performs a non-singular Universewith bouncing [19]. 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