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We reconsider the fine-tuning problem of scalar-driven inflation arising from the need to couple the inflaton to ordinary matter in order to make reheating efficient. Quantum fluctuations of this matter induce Coleman-Weinberg corrections…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-13 S. P. Miao , S. Park , R. P. Woodard

We study the effects of including one-loop radiative corrections in a non-supersymmetric hybrid inflationary model. These corrections can arise from Yukawa couplings between the inflaton and right-handed neutrinos, and induce a maximum in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-29 Mansoor Ur Rehman , Qaisar Shafi , Joshua R. Wickman

We investigated inflation in the Higgs-$R^2$ model and assumed the trajectory to follow a single-field approximation called minimal two-field mode. Using this approximation, we tried to constrain the Higgs' non-minimal coupling $\xi$.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Norma Sidik Risdianto

We study a model of inflation with terms quadratic and logarithmic in the Ricci scalar, where the gravitational action is $f(R)=R+\alpha R^2+\beta R^2 \ln R$. These terms are expected to arise from one loop corrections involving matter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Ido Ben-Dayan , Shenglin Jing , Mahdi Torabian , Alexander Westphal , Lucila Zarate

We consider a possibility that the Higgs field in the Standard Model (SM) serves as an inflaton when its value is around the Planck scale. We assume that the SM is valid up to an ultraviolet cutoff scale \Lambda, which is slightly below the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-02-11 Yuta Hamada , Hikaru Kawai , Kin-ya Oda

Transforming canonical scalars to the Einstein frame can give a multi-field generalization of pole inflation (namely, a scalar with a divergent kinetic term) at vanishing field-dependent Planck mass. However, to obtain an attractor, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-07 Sotirios Karamitsos , Alessandro Strumia

We investigate the impact of a non-minimal coupling of the scalar field with gravity in inflationary models, where a small coupling is allowed. As a concrete example, we consider the Witten-O'Raifeartaigh model, where, in line with other…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 F. B. M. dos Santos , R. Silva , J. S. Alcaniz

We study non-minimally coupled scalar-induced multi-phase inflation in metric and Palatini gravity, considering linear, Brans-Dicke-like, and Higgs-like sectors. The scalar spectral index lies in the range \( n_s \simeq 0.93 \ \text{--} \…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-14 Nilay Bostan , Rafid H. Dejrah , Anish Ghoshal , Zygmunt Lalak

Here, the quartic inflationary potential $V(\phi)=\frac{\lambda}{4}\phi^4$ within a non-canonical framework characterized by a power-law Lagrangian is investigated. We demonstrate that the predictions of this model align with the Planck…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-12 Iraj Safaei , Kayoomars Karami

In the simplest inflationary model $V=\frac12 m^2\phi^2$, we provide a prediction accurate up to $1\%$ for the spectral index $n_s$ and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ assuming instantaneous reheating and a standard thermal history: $n_s =…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-22 Paolo Creminelli , Diana López Nacir , Marko Simonović , Gabriele Trevisan , Matias Zaldarriaga

This paper revisits the Inflationary scenario within the framework of scalar field models possessing a non-canonical kinetic term. We obtain closed form solutions for all essential quantities associated with chaotic inflation including slow…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 Sanil Unnikrishnan , Varun Sahni , Aleksey Toporensky

Current cosmological data favour inflationary models non-minimally coupled to gravity. In this work we study the implications of the metastability of the electroweak vacuum in this framework. We consider an inflaton field with a non-minimal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-20 Stanislav Rusak

We show that the coexistence of a non-minimal coupling to gravity $f_{\mathcal{R}}=1+c{\mathcal{R}} \phi^{n/2}$ with a kinetic mixing of the form $f_K = f_{\mathcal{R}}^m$ -- where $n=2$ and 4 and $0.5 \le m \le 10$ -- reconciles chaotic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-15 C. Pallis

For the models of inflation driven by the potential energy of an inflaton field $\phi$, the covariant Galileon Lagrangian $(\partial\phi)^2\Box \phi$ generally works to slow down the evolution of the field. On the other hand, if the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-29 Junko Ohashi , Shinji Tsujikawa

We consider inflation in the system containing a Ricci scalar squared term and a canonical scalar field with quadratic mass term. In the Einstein frame this model takes the form of a two-field inflation model with a curved field space, and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 Taro Mori , Kazunori Kohri , Jonathan White

We study Higgs inflation in the Palatini formulation with the renormalisation group improved potential in the case when loop corrections generate a feature similar to an inflection point. Assuming that there is a threshold correction for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-13 Vera-Maria Enckell , Sami Nurmi , Syksy Rasanen , Eemeli Tomberg

We consider a simple modification of quadratic chaotic inflation. We add a logarithmic correction to the mass term, and find that this model can be consistent with the latest cosmological observations such as the Planck 2018 data, in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Shinta Kasuya , Mayuko Taira

In this work we introduce a new plateau-like inflationary model including a quadratic scalar potential coupled non-minimally to gravity. This potential has a dominant constant energy density at early times which can realize successful…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-30 Mehdi Eshaghi , Moslem Zarei , Nematollah Riazi , Ahmad Kiasatpour

We consider an extended inflation model in the frame of Higgs portal model, assuming a nonminimal coupling of the scalar field to the gravity. Using the new data from Planck $2013$ and other relevant astrophysical data, we obtain the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-08 Fa Peng Huang , Chong Sheng Li , Ding Yu Shao , Jian Wang

In this work, we study the non-minimally-coupled Higgs model in the context of warm inflation scenario on both metric and Palatini approaches. We particularly consider a dissipation parameter of the form $\Gamma=C_{T}T$ with $C_{T}$ being a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-20 Thammarong Eadkhong , Punsiri Dam-O , Phongpichit Channuie , Davood Momeni