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General $f(R)$ and conformal inflation from minimal supergravity plus matter

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-02-17 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

We embed general f(R)f(R) inflationary models in minimal supergravity plus matter, a single chiral superfield Φ\Phi, with or without another superfield SS, via a Jordan frame Einstein+scalar description. In particular, inflationary models like a generalized Starobinsky one are analyzed and constraints on them are found. We also embed the related models of conformal inflation, also described as Jordan frame Einstein+scalar models, in particular the conformal inflation from the Higgs model, and analyze the inflationary constraints on them.

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@article{arxiv.1504.06497,
  title  = {General $f(R)$ and conformal inflation from minimal supergravity plus matter},
  author = {Horatiu Nastase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.06497},
  year   = {2016}
}

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16 pages, no figures; typos corrected, references added