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Quintessential Inflation in Palatini $F(R,X)$ gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-11-18 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Palatini F(R,X)F(R,X) gravity, with XX the inflaton kinetic term, proved to be a powerful framework for generating asymptotically flat inflaton potentials. Here we show that a quadratic Palatini F(R,X)F(R,X) restores compatibility with the observational data of the Peebles-Vilenkin quintessential inflation model. Moreover, the same can be achieved with an exponential version of the Peebles-Vilenkin potential if embedded in a Palatini F(R,X)F(R,X) of order higher than two.

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@article{arxiv.2503.21610,
  title  = {Quintessential Inflation in Palatini $F(R,X)$ gravity},
  author = {Konstantinos Dimopoulos and Christian Dioguardi and Gert Hütsi and Antonio Racioppi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.21610},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, matches the published version