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We present new exact cosmological inhomogeneous solutions for gravity coupled to a scalar field in a general framework specified by the parameter $\lambda$. The equations of motion (and consequently the solutions) in this framework…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 S. E. Perez Bergliaffa , K. E. Hibberd

We study the linear perturbation of the recently proposed model of inflation where a uniform gauge-kinetic coupling of the inflaton to multiple vector fields breaks the cosmic no-hair conjecture while maintaining the isotropy. We derive the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-09 Kei Yamamoto

We explore inflationary cosmology in a theory where there are two scalar fields which non-minimally couple to the Ricci scalar and an additional $R^2$ term, which breaks the conformal invariance. Particularly, we investigate the slow-roll…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-10 Kazuharu Bamba , Sergei D. Odintsov , Petr V. Tretyakov

We study a generality of an inflationary scenario by integrating the Einstein equations numerically in a plane-symmetric spacetime. We consider the inhomogeneous spacetimes due to (i) localized gravitational waves with a positive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Hisa-aki SHINKAI , Kei-ichi MAEDA

While cosmological inflation can erase primordial inhomogeneities, it is possible that inflation may not begin in a significantly inhomogeneous universe. This issue is particularly pressing in multifield scenarios, where even the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-25 Richard Easther , Layne C. Price , Javier Rasero

We describe the universe as a local, inhomogeneous spherical bubble embedded in a flat matter dominated FLRW universe. Generalized exact Friedmann equations describe the expansion of the universe and an early universe inflationary de Sitter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Moffat

We consider the robustness of small-field inflation in the presence of scalar field inhomogeneities. Previous numerical work has shown that if the scalar potential is flat only over a narrow interval, such as in commonly considered…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-05 M. C. David Marsh , John D. Barrow , Chandrima Ganguly

This paper investigates a scale-invariant inflationary model characterized by a scalar field non-minimally coupled to gravity and a curvature term quadratic in the Ricci scalar. The model's dynamic is analyzed using a full numerical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-10 Mariaveronica De Angelis , Chiara Cecchini , Massimiliano Rinaldi

We develop a non-linear framework for describing long-wavelength perturbations in multiple-field inflation. The basic variables describing inhomogeneities are defined in a non-perturbative manner, are invariant under changes of time slicing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. I. Rigopoulos , E. P. S. Shellard , B. J. W. van Tent

Inflationary models usually assume the existence of scalar fields or other exotic gravitational sources. We investigate an alternative approach in which the entire Universe is considered as a thermodynamic system described by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-10 Christine Gruber , Hernando Quevedo

In the present work an inflationary tachyon field model of the early universe is considered. Several cosmological effects produced by a particular potential in this tachyonic era are studied, under the approximation of slow-roll inflation.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-09 Iván E. Sánchez G. , Osvaldo P. Santillan

The scalar perturbations in inflationary models, based on a two-component diagonal non-linear sigma model, are considered. For inhomogeneities generated at an inflationary stage, the law of motion of the comoving curvature ${\cal R}$ is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. A. Koshelev

In the framework of the Connes-Lott model based on noncommutative geometry, the basic features of a gauge theory in the presence of gravity are reviewed, in order to show the possible physical relevance of this scheme for inflationary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 F. Lizzi , G. Mangano , G. Miele , G. Sparano

If the inflaton is a heavy scalar field, it may equilibrate slower than some other degrees of freedom, e.g. non-Abelian gauge bosons. In this case, perturbations in the inflaton field and in a thermal plasma coexist from a given moment…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-18 M. Laine , S. Procacci , A. Rogelj

We investigate the interaction between scalar fields and radiation in the framework of warm inflationary models by using the irreversible thermodynamics of open systems with matter creation/annihilation. We consider the scalar fields and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-19 Tiberiu Harko , Haidar Sheikhahmadi

We analyze the onset of inflation for a simple single-field model when the system begins with significant inhomogeneities on length-scales shorter than the initial Hubble radius. We incorporate certain nonlinear interactions among the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-17 Jolyon K. Bloomfield , Patrick Fitzpatrick , Kiriakos Hilbert , David I. Kaiser

By using the thermodynamic theory of irreversible processes and Einstein general relativity, a cosmological model is proposed where the early universe is considered as a mixture of a scalar field with a matter field. The scalar field refers…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 G. M. Kremer , F. P. Devecchi

We investigate the impact of inhomogeneous inflaton perturbations on primordial magnetic fields within the framework of generalized inflationary magnetogenesis models. Extending the Ratra model to general spacetime backgrounds, we analyze…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-28 Yu Li , Shuang Liu , Hang Wang , Yao-Chuan Wang

The big bang model and the history of the early universe according to the grand unified theories are introduced. The shortcomings of big bang are discussed together with their resolution by inflationary cosmology. Inflation, the subsequent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Lazarides

We investigate the dynamical properties of a class of spatially homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models containing a barotropic perfect fluid and multiple scalar fields with independent exponential potentials. We show that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Coley , R. J. van den Hoogen