Cyclic universes & direct detection of cosmic expansion by holonomy in the McVittie spacetime

This dissertation consists of two parts. They are separate ideas, but both fall into the context of General Relativity using dynamical systems. Part one is titled Cyclic Universes. It is shown that a Friedmann model with positive spatial sections and a decaying dark energy term admits cyclic solutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Mariam
Other Authors: Dunsby, Peter Klaus
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31091