Unifying an asymmetric bounce to the dark energy in Chern-Simons F(R) gravity

TL;DR

This paper presents a cosmological model within Chern-Simons corrected F(R) gravity that unifies a non-singular asymmetric bounce with late-time acceleration, consistent with observational data including Planck 2018.

Contribution

It introduces a reconstruction of F(R) gravity that unifies bounce, deceleration, and acceleration phases, highlighting the role of Chern-Simons terms in perturbation evolution.

Findings

The model fits Planck 2018 observational constraints.

Chern-Simons terms influence tensor perturbations without affecting scalars.

The F(R) form unifies bounce and dark energy epochs.

Abstract

We propose a cosmological scenario in which the universe undergoes through a non-singular bounce, and after the bounce, it decelerates having a matter-like dominated evolution during some regime of the deceleration era, and finally at the present epoch it evolves through an accelerating stage. Our aim is to study such evolution in the context of Chern-Simons corrected F(R) gravity theory and confront the model with various observational data. Using the reconstruction technique, and in addition by employing suitable boundary conditions, we determine the form of F(R) for the entire possible range of the cosmic time. The form of F(R) seems to unify a non-singular bounce with a dark energy epoch, in particular, from a non-singular bounce to a deceleration epoch and from a deceleration epoch to a late time acceleration era. It is important to mention that the bouncing scenario in the present context is an asymmetric bounce, in particular, the Hubble radius monotonically increases and asymptotically diverges at the late contracting era, while it seems to decrease with time at the present epoch. Such evolution of the Hubble radius leads to the primordial perturbation modes generate at the deep contracting era when all the perturbation modes lie within the horizon. We calculate the scalar and tensor power spectra, and as a result, the primordial observables are found to be in agreement with the latest Planck 2018 constraints. In this regard, the Chern-Simons term seems to have considerable effects on the tensor perturbation evolution, however keeping intact the scalar part of the perturbation with that of in the case of a vacuum F(R) model, and as a result, the Chern-Simons term proves to play an important role in making the observable quantities consistent with the Planck results. Furthermore the theoretical expectation of the dark energy observables are confronted with the Planck+SNe+BAO data.