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We provide a theoretical model of $F(R)$ gravity in which it is possible to describe in a unified way inflation, an early and a late dark energy era, in the presence of a light axion particle which plays the role of the dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 V. K. Oikonomou

We present a toy model of an axion gauge field inflation scenario that yields viable density and gravitational wave spectra. The scenario consists of an axionic inflaton in a steep potential that is effectively flattened by a coupling to a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-12 R. R. Caldwell , C. Devulder

The $R^2$ inflation which is an extension of general relativity (GR) by quadratic scalar curvature introduces a quasi-de Sitter expansion of the early Universe governed by Ricci scalar being an eigenmode of d'Alembertian operator. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-21 Alexey S. Koshelev , K. Sravan Kumar , Alexei A. Starobinsky

In this paper we have derived the behavior of deceleration parameter with respect to redshift in context of f(R) gravity in vacuum using Taylor expansion of derivative of action. Here we have obtained that the two first terms in Taylor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-17 Solmaz Asgari , Reza Saffari

Protected by an approximate shift symmetry, axions are well motivated candidates for driving cosmic inflation. Their generic coupling to the Chern-Simons term of any gauge theory gives rise to a wide range of potentially observable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Valerie Domcke , Francesco Muia , Mauro Pieroni , Lukas T. Witkowski

We suggest the modified gravity where some arbitrary function of Gauss-Bonnet (GB) term is added to Einstein action as gravitational dark energy. It is shown that such theory may pass solar system tests. It is demonstrated that modified GB…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

We study a recently proposed running kinetic inflation model in which the inflaton potential becomes flat due to rapid growth of the kinetic term at large inflaton field values. As concrete examples, we build a variety of chaotic inflation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-09 Kazunori Nakayama , Fuminobu Takahashi

We constructed a new class of inflationary model with the higher derivative axion field which obeys constant shift symmetry. In the usual axion (natural) inflation, the axion decay constant is predicted to be in the super-Planckian regime…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Debaprasad Maity

Modern astrophysical and cosmological models are faced with two severe theoretical difficulties, that can be summarized as the dark energy and the dark matter problems. Relative to the former, it has been stated that cosmology has entered a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-23 Francisco S. N. Lobo

We explore a novel cosmological model based on coupled fields in the framework of scalar tensor theories, considering the specific interplay between gravity and scalar fields. The model further extends a recent axion-dilaton system by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-25 Mihai Marciu

It is well known that light scalar fields present during inflation are coherently excited. We show that if the field couples to gravity in a non-minimal way, the fluctuations at large scales are suppressed with respect to the small scales…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-08 Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez

We show that the hybrid inflation is naturally realized in the framework of a supersymmetric axion model, which is consistent with the WMAP observation if the Peccei-Quinn symmetry breaking scale is around 10^{15}GeV. By solving the post…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-19 Masahiro Kawasaki , Naoya Kitajima , Kazunori Nakayama

Within the framework of the scalar-tensor theory we consider a hill-climbing inflation, in which the effective Planck mass increases in time. We obtain the Einstein frame potential with infinitely long and flat plateau as we approach…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-19 Michal Artymowski , Zygmunt Lalak , Kin-Ya Oda

Light scalar and pseudoscalar particles are compelling dark matter candidates, with a vast running experimental program to discover them. Previous studies have shown that these light fields can generate sizable isocurvature perturbations in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-02 Andrea Caputo , Michael Geller , Giuseppe Rossi

We study a unification model for dark energy, dark matter, and inflation with a single scalar field with non canonical kinetic term. In this model the kinetic term of the Lagrangian accounts for the dark matter and dark energy, and at early…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-23 Josue De-Santiago , Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota

In this letter we study the dynamics of the late Universe when a nonminimally coupled Higgs field is present. In general, the nonminimal coupling leads to a nontrivial mixing between the gravitational degrees of freedom and the Goldstone…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-03-31 Massimiliano Rinaldi

We analyse the cosmological evolution of a generalised axion-like field that drives the late-time acceleration of the Universe. This model can exhibit tracking behaviour, which alleviates the coincidence problem. The cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 Carlos G. Boiza , Mariam Bouhmadi-López

The vacuum $R^2$ model is known to generate a quasi-de Sitter evolution for inflation, using solely the slow-roll assumptions. Using standard reconstruction techniques, we demonstrate that the $f(R)$ gravity which actually realizes the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-05 S. D. Odintsov , V. K. Oikonomou

We derive oscillating gravitational potential caused by an ultralight axion as the cosmic dark matter, assuming the Compton wavelength smaller than the horizon scale. A new oscillatory term is found which dominates the previously known one…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Jai-chan Hwang , Hyerim Noh

In axion gauge field inflation an axion-like particle driving cosmic inflation is coupled to the Chern-Simons density of an Abelian or non-Abelian gauge group. In the case of a non-Abelian gauge group, this can lead to the formation of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-24 Valerie Domcke , Stefan Sandner