Bounce and Collapse in the Slotheonic Universe
  In this paper, we examine the cosmological dynamics of a slotheon field in a
linear potential. The slotheon correction term
$\frac{G^{\mu\nu}}{2M^2}\pi_{;\mu}\pi_{;\nu}$ respects the galileon symmetry in
curved space time. We demonstrate the future evolution of universe in this
model. We show that in this scenario, the universe ends with the Big Crunch
singularity like the standard case. The difference being that the time at which
the singularity occurs is delayed in the slotheon gravity. The delay crucially
depends upon the strength of slotheon correction.
