Abstract
Making use of the T-duality symmetry of superstring theory, and of the double geometry from Double Field Theory, we argue that cosmological singularities of a homogeneous and isotropic universe disappear. In fact, an apparent big bang singularity in Einstein gravity corresponds to a universe expanding to infinite size in the dual dimensions.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONThe singularities which arise at the beginning of time in both standard and inflationary cosmology indicate that the theories which are being used in cosmology break down as the singularity is approached
Making use of the T-duality symmetry of superstring theory and of the double geometry from double field theory, we argue that cosmological singularities of a homogeneous and isotropic universe disappear
The singularities which arise at the beginning of time in both standard and inflationary cosmology indicate that the theories which are being used in cosmology break down as the singularity is approached
Summary
The singularities which arise at the beginning of time in both standard and inflationary cosmology indicate that the theories which are being used in cosmology break down as the singularity is approached. If space-time is described by Einstein gravity and matter obeys energy conditions which are natural from the point of view of point particle theories, singularities in homogeneous and isotropic cosmology are unavoidable [1]. These theorems extend to inflationary cosmology [2,3,4]. As a consequence [13,14], thermal fluctuations of strings in the Hagedorn phase lead to a scale-invariant spectrum of cosmological perturbations at late times, with a slight red tilt like what is predicted [15] in inflationary cosmology. We will argue that from the point of view of string theory the dynamics is nonsingular
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