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Inflationary Slow-Roll Parameters in the Jordan Frame for Cosmological F(R) Gravity Models

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-08-26 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

F(R)F(R) inflationary models are analyzed without the Weyl transformation to the Einstein frame. Sufficient conditions for existence of global inflationary attractors in F(R)F(R) models are provided. Following that, the procedure for calculating inflationary observables completely in the original, Jordan, frame is given. The described procedure is used to analyze a new F(R)F(R) inflationary model (a one-parameter deformation of the Starobinsky model), which is shown to provide predictions in good agreement with the recent ACT data.

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@article{arxiv.2508.14250,
  title  = {Inflationary Slow-Roll Parameters in the Jordan Frame for Cosmological F(R) Gravity Models},
  author = {Vsevolod R. Ivanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.14250},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

11 pages, 3 figures, v2: correction of typos, additional references added, a new figure added