Emergent Universe and Genesis from the DHOST Cosmology
Amara Ilyas, Mian Zhu, Yunlong Zheng, and Yi-Fu Cai

TL;DR
This paper proposes an emergent universe model derived from DHOST cosmology, which transitions from a Minkowski state to radiation dominance, avoiding instabilities and exploring primordial spectrum features.
Contribution
It introduces a novel emergent universe scenario within DHOST cosmology that ensures stability and a graceful exit, extending the Galileon Genesis framework.
Findings
Universe evolves from Minkowski to radiation dominance
Scalar and tensor perturbations are free from gradient instability
Analysis of primordial scalar spectrum and scale invariance
Abstract
In this article, we present an emergent universe scenario that can be derived from DHOST cosmology. The universe starts asymptotically Minkowski in the far past just like the regular Galileon Genesis, but evolves to a radiation dominated period at the late stage, and therefore, the universe has a graceful exit which is absent in the regular Galileon Genesis. We analyze the behavior of cosmological perturbations and show that both the scalar and tensor modes are free from the gradient instability problem. We further analyze the primordial scalar spectrum generated in various situations and discuss whether a scale invariance can be achieved.
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