Further Exact Cosmological Solutions to Higher-Order Gravity Theories
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23
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2951 - ?
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10.1088/0264-9381/23/9/011
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Class.Quant.Grav.
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We investigate the effect of deviations from general relativity on approach to the initial singularity by finding exact cosmological solutions to a wide class of fourth-order gravity theories. We present new anisotropic vacuum solutions of modified Kasner type and demonstrate the extent to which they are valid in the presence of non-comoving perfect-fluid matter fields. The infinite series of Mixmaster oscillations seen in general relativity will not occur in these solutions, except in unphysical cases.