scholarly journals Construction of inflationary scenarios with the Gauss–Bonnet term and nonminimal coupling

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina O. Pozdeeva ◽  
Sergey Yu. Vernov
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Effective Potential ◽  
Ricci Scalar ◽  
Nonminimal Coupling ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
Bonnet Term ◽  
Inflationary Models ◽  
Scalar Perturbations ◽  
The Way

AbstractInflationary models with a scalar field nonminimally coupled both with the Ricci scalar and with the Gauss–Bonnet term are studied. We propose the way of generalization of inflationary scenarios with the Gauss–Bonnet term and a scalar field minimally coupled with the Ricci scalar to the corresponding scenarios with a scalar field nonminimally coupled with the Ricci scalar. Using the effective potential, we construct a set of models with the same values of the scalar spectral index $$n_s$$ n s and the amplitude of the scalar perturbations $$A_s$$ A s and different values of the tensor-to-scalar ratio r.

scholarly journals Generalization of cosmological attractor approach to Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina O. Pozdeeva
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Bonnet Gravity ◽  
Inflationary Scenario ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Inflationary Parameters ◽  
Bonnet Term ◽  
Scalar Perturbations ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract We construct models with the Gauss–Bonnet term multiplied by a function of the scalar field leading to an inflationary scenario. The consideration is related to the slow-roll approximation. The cosmological attractor approach gives the spectral index of scalar perturbations which is in a good agreement with modern observation and allows for variability of the tensor-to-scalar ratio. We reconstruct models with variability of parameters, which allows one to reproduce cosmological attractor predictions for inflationary parameters in an approximation of the leading order of 1/N in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity.

scholarly journals General Slow-Roll Inflation in f(R) Gravity under the Palatini Approach

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1958
Author(s):  
Sabit Bekov ◽  
Kairat Myrzakulov ◽  
Ratbay Myrzakulov ◽  
Diego Sáez-Chillón Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Simple Model ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Effective Potential ◽  
Modified Gravity ◽  
Palatini Formalism ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Slow Roll Inflation

Slow-roll inflation is analyzed in the context of modified gravity within the Palatini formalism. As shown in the literature, inflation in this framework requires the presence of non-traceless matter; otherwise, it does not occur just as a consequence of the nonlinear gravitational terms of the action. Nevertheless, by including a single scalar field that plays the role of the inflaton, slow-roll inflation can be performed in these theories, where the equations lead to an effective potential that modifies the dynamics. We obtain the general slow-roll parameters and analyze a simple model to illustrate the differences introduced by the gravitational terms under the Palatini approach, and the modifications on the spectral index and the tensor to scalar ratio predicted by the model.

scholarly journals α-Attractors and reheating in a nonminimal inflationary model

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 2050077
Author(s):  
R. Shojaee ◽  
K. Nozari ◽  
F. Darabi
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Model Potential ◽  
Index Formula ◽  
Inflationary Model ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
Canonical Scalar Field

We study [Formula: see text]-attractor models with both E-model and T-model potential in an extended Nonminimal Derivative (NMD) inflation where a canonical scalar field and its derivatives are nonminimally coupled to gravity. We calculate the evolution of perturbations during this regime. Then by adopting inflation potentials of the model we show that in the large [Formula: see text] and small [Formula: see text] limit, the value of the scalar spectral index [Formula: see text] and tensor-to-scalar ratio [Formula: see text] are universal. Next, we study reheating after inflation in this formalism. We obtain some constraints on the model’s parameter space by adopting the results with Planck 2018.

scholarly journals Dynamics of tachyon fields and inflation - comparison of analytical and numerical results with observation

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Milosevic ◽  
D.D. Dimitrijevic ◽  
G.S. Djordjevic ◽  
M.D. Stojanovic
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Numerical Methods ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
Homogeneous Universe ◽  
The Given ◽  
Good Agreement

The role tachyon fields may play in evolution of early universe is discussed in this paper. We consider the evolution of a flat and homogeneous universe governed by a tachyon scalar field with the DBI-type action and calculate the slow-roll parameters of inflation, scalar spectral index (n), and tensor-scalar ratio (r) for the given potentials. We pay special attention to the inverse power potential, first of all to V (x) ~ x?4, and compare the available results obtained by analytical and numerical methods with those obtained by observation. It is shown that the computed values of the observational parameters and the observed ones are in a good agreement for the high values of the constant X0. The possibility that influence of the radion field can extend a range of the acceptable values of the constant X0 to the string theory motivated sector of its values is briefly considered.

Reconstruction of warm Chaplygin gas inflationary models

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (32) ◽  
pp. 2050268
Author(s):  
Abdul Jawad ◽  
Shamaila Rani ◽  
Kazuharu Bamba ◽  
Nadeem Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Index ◽  
Effective Potential ◽  
Chaplygin Gas ◽  
Index Formula ◽  
Curvature Perturbation ◽  
Warm Inflation ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
Dissipative Coefficient ◽  
Inflationary Parameters ◽  
Friedmann Robertson Walker

By assuming the specific Chaplygin gas model, we study the reconstruction of warm inflation model with the help of tensor-to-scalar ratio [Formula: see text] and scalar spectral index [Formula: see text]. In this regard, we take flat Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) metric and discuss the general forms of dissipative coefficient [Formula: see text] as well as effective potential [Formula: see text] for two dissipative regimes i.e., the weak and strong. We use inflationary parameters such as slow-roll parameters, power spectrum of the curvature perturbation, tensor spectrum, spectral index, scalar-to-tensor ratio and Hubble parameter to find the generalized form of dissipative coefficient and effective potential. We discuss the results of dissipative coefficient and reconstructed potential in detail for the specific choice of tensor-to-scalar ratio [Formula: see text] and scalar spectral index [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals WHAT IF THE INFLATON IS A SPINOR CONDENSATE?

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 2173-2179 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. SHANKARANARAYANAN
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Spinor Condensate ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
The Future ◽  
Wmap Data ◽  
Elementary Field ◽  
Canonical Scalar Field

In the usual cosmological inflationary scenarios, the scalar field — the inflaton — is usually assumed to be an elementary field. In this essay, we ask: What are the observational signatures if the scalar field is a spinor condensate? And is there a way to distinguish between the canonical scalar field and the spinor-condensate-driven models? In the homogeneous and isotropic background, we show that — although the dark-spinor (Elko) condensate leads to an acceleration equation identical to that of the canonical-scalar-field-driven inflation — the dynamics of the two models are different. In the slow-roll limit, we show that the model predicts a running of the scalar spectral index consistent with the WMAP data. We show that the consistency relations between the spinor condensate and the canonical-scalar-field-driven model are different, which we will be able to test using the future CMB and gravitational wave missions.

Shaft potential inspired warm inflation

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 1750088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Jawad ◽  
Amara Ilyas ◽  
Sarfraz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Spectral Indices ◽  
Tensor Power ◽  
Planck Data ◽  
Warm Inflation ◽  
Slow Roll ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
Inflationary Parameters

We discuss the warm inflation in the presence of shaft potential [Formula: see text], tachyon scalar field and the generalized form of dissipative coefficient [Formula: see text]. In this respect, we investigate the inflationary parameters (slow-roll parameters, number of e-folds, scalar-tensor power spectra, spectral indices, tensor-to-scalar ratio and running of scalar spectral index) in both strong and weak dissipative regimes. It is interesting to mention that our inflationary parametric results (tensor-scalar ratio, spectral index and running of spectral) are consistent with the recent observational data such as BICEP[Formula: see text], WMAP[Formula: see text] and latest Planck data.

scholarly journals α-Attractor and reheating in a model with noncanonical scalar fields

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (07) ◽  
pp. 1850076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narges Rashidi ◽  
Kourosh Nozari
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
The Other ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Model Type ◽  
Field Case ◽  
A Value ◽  
Scalar Spectral Index ◽  
Cosmological Inflation

We consider two noncanonical scalar fields [tachyon and Dirac–Born–Infeld (DBI)] with E-model type of the potential. We study cosmological inflation in these models to find possible [Formula: see text]-attractors. We show that similar to the canonical scalar field case, in both tachyon and DBI models there is a value of the scalar spectral index in small [Formula: see text] limit which is just a function of the e-folds number. However, the value of [Formula: see text] in DBI model is somewhat different from the other ones. We also compare the results with Planck2015 TT, TE, EE+lowP data. The reheating phase after inflation is studied in these models which gives some more constraints on the model parameters.

A class of inflaton potentials from RG analysis of scalar-gravity interaction

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 1460008
Author(s):  
Artur R. Pietrykowski
Keyword(s):  
Renormalization Group ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Field System ◽  
Group Methods ◽  
Renormalization Group Methods ◽  
Scalar Gravity ◽  
Inflationary Models ◽  
The Way

Inflationary models are characterized by the form of a potential which is arbitrary and usually parametrized so as to match the observational data. However, making use of the renormalization group methods to a gravity-scalar field system it is possible to find physically nontrivial potentials that might be relevant for cosmology and particle physics as well. I will pinpoint the way this class of potentials may be found as well as discuss their utility for inflationary models.

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