Cosmology of Spin-2 Fields

TL;DR

This paper applies geometric analysis to Einstein's equations, revealing that the universe's evolution involves both massless and massive spin-2 fields, with implications for dark matter and inflation.

Contribution

It introduces a revised application of the Cauchy-Kowalevski theorem to cosmology, highlighting the role of massive spin-2 fields in the universe's dark sector.

Findings

Standard cosmology involves massless spin-2 fields (gravity).

Massive spin-2 fields are necessary for dark matter components.

Inflationary phase shows exponential growth consistent with thermal expansion.

Abstract

The Cauchy-Kowalevski theorem is applied to the solutions of Einstein's equations and to cosmology. Three fundamental requirements of the theorem: the use of analytic series; the existence of the boundary surfaces; and the setting of the independent initial data are revised, using methods of geometric analysis. It is shown that during its relativistic phase, the standard model of the universe is governed by Einstein's gravitation described as a massless spin-2 field, but it is necessarily complemented by massive spin-2 field, which responds for the dark sector of the universe. On the other hand, at the inflationary phase, the exponential growth of the volume of the universe is shown to be consistent with a thermal, non-relativistic expansion. These two phases are separated by the last inflationary surface.