2019•arXiv (Cornell University)Open access
Instability of the big bang coordinate singularity in a Milne-like universe
F. R. Klinkhamer, Zi-Liang Wang
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Abstract
We present a simplified dynamic-vacuum-energy model for a time-symmetric Milne-like universe. The big bang singularity in this simplified model, like the one in a previous model, is just a coordinate singularity with finite curvature and energy density. We then calculate the dynamic behavior of scalar metric perturbations and find that these perturbations destabilize the big bang singularity.
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