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Non-Minimal Inflation with a scalar-curvature mixing term $\frac{1}{2} \xi R \phi^2$

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2024-11-26 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We use the PLANCK 2018 and the WMAP data to constraint inflation models driven by a scalar field ϕ\phi in the presence of the non-minimal scalar-curvature mixing term 12ξRϕ2\frac{1}{2}\xi R \phi^2. We consider four distinct scalar field potentials ϕpeλϕ, (1ϕp)eλϕ, (1λϕ)p\phi^p e^{-\lambda\phi},~(1 - \phi^{p})e^{-\lambda\phi},~(1-\lambda\phi)^p and αϕ21+αϕ2\frac{\alpha\phi^2}{1+\alpha\phi^2} to study inflation in the non-minimal gravity theory. We calculate the potential slow-roll parameters and predict the scalar spectral index nsn_s and the tensor-to-scalar ratio rr, in the parameters (λ,p,α\lambda, p, \alpha) space of the potentials. We have compared our results with the ones existing in the literature, and this indicates the present status of non-minimal inflation after the release of the PLANCK 2018 data.

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@article{arxiv.2205.05532,
  title  = {Non-Minimal Inflation with a scalar-curvature mixing term $\frac{1}{2} \xi R \phi^2$},
  author = {Payel Sarkar and Ashmita and Prasanta Kumar Das},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.05532},
  year   = {2024}
}

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19 pages, 3 figures, 6 tables