Inflation without a trace of lambda

Abstract We generalise Einstein’s formulation of the traceless Einstein equations to f(R) gravity theories. In the case of the vacuum traceless Einstein equations, we show that a non-constant Weyl tensor leads via a conformal transformation to a dimensionally homogeneous (‘no-scale’) theory in the c...

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Main Authors: John D. Barrow, Spiros Cotsakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8428-2