$\tilde\xi$-attractors in metric-affine gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-07-03 v4 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We propose a new class of inflationary attractors in metric-affine gravity. Such class features a non-minimal coupling with the Holst invariant and an inflaton potential proportional to . The attractor behaviour of the class takes place with two combined strong coupling limits. The first limit is realized at large , which makes the theory equivalent to a model. Then, the second limit considers a very small Barbero-Immirzi parameter which leads the inflationary predictions of the model towards the ones of Starobinsky inflation. Because of the analogy with the renown -attractors, we label this new class as -attractors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.08031,
title = {$\tilde\xi$-attractors in metric-affine gravity},
author = {Antonio Racioppi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.08031},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
v4, 18 pages, 3 figures, typos corrected in some equations, results unchanged, matches the erratum version