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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3947
Title: Nonlinear curvature Lagrangians and extended inflation in the early universe
Authors: Sivaram, C
Campanelli, M
Keywords: Big Bang Cosmology
Gravitational Fields
Lagrangian Equilibrium Points
Universe
Gravitational Constant
Relativity
Issue Date: Aug-1992
Publisher: Springer
Citation: Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 194, No. 2, pp. 239 - 244
Abstract: Theories with Lagrangians nonlinear in the curvature scalar can be reduced by appropriate transformations to a form similar to the Brans-Dicke model. This may enable us to have extended inflation in the early universe without the difficulties of introducing scalar fields.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3947
ISSN: 0004-640X
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