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$k$-essence non-minimally coupled with Gauss-Bonnet invariant for inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-03-29 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated inflationary solutions for a subclass of Horndeski models where a scalar field is non-minimally coupled with the Gauss-Bonnet invariant. Examples of canonical scalar field and kk-essence to support the early-time acceleration are considered. The formalism to calculate the perturbations in FRW universe and to derive the spectral index and the tensor-to-scalar ratio is furnished.

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@article{arxiv.1606.00711,
  title  = {$k$-essence non-minimally coupled with Gauss-Bonnet invariant for inflation},
  author = {Ratbay Myrzakulov and Lorenzo Sebastiani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.00711},
  year   = {2017}
}

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final version, accepted in Symmetry 14 pages