2008

Future of the universe in modified gravitational theories: Approaching to the finite-time future singularity

Bamba, Kazuharu, Nojiri, Shin'ichi, Odintsov, Sergei D.

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We investigate the future evolution of the dark energy universe in modified gravities including $F(R)$ gravity, string-inspired scalar-Gauss-Bonnet and modified Gauss-Bonnet ones, and ideal fluid with the inhomogeneous equation of state (EoS).

  • Modified Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) dynamics for all these theories may be presented in universal form by using the effective ideal fluid with an inhomogeneous EoS without specifying its explicit form.
  • We construct several examples of the modified gravity which produces accelerating cosmologies ending at the finite-time future singularity of all four known types by applying the reconstruction program.
  • Some scenarios to resolve the finite-time future singularity are presented.

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