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We propose an idea to build a bridge between reheating and late-time observations in quintessential inflation by backtracking the evolution of the inflaton field from the present time to the end of reheating. This idea is implemented when…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-10 Ok Song An , Jin U Kang , Yong Jin Kim , Ui Ri Mun

In this paper we construct a dissipative quintessential cosmic inflation. For this purpose, we add a multiplicative dissipative term in the standard quintessence field Lagrangian. We consider the specific form of dissipation as the time…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-26 Kourosh Nozari , Fateme Rajabi , Narges Rashidi

We investigate a constraint on reheating followed by alpha-attractor-type inflation (the E-model and T-model) from an observation of the spectral index n_s. When the energy density of the universe is dominated by an energy component with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-04 Yoshiki Ueno , Kazuhiro Yamamoto

We study $\alpha$-attractor models with both E-model and T-model potential in an extended Non-Minimal Derivative (NMD) inflation where a canonical scalar field and its derivatives are non-minimally coupled to gravity. We calculate the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-19 Raheleh Shojaee , Kourosh Nozari , Farhad Darabi

In the first part of this paper, we outline the construction of an inflationary cosmology in the framework where inflation is described by a universally evolving scalar field, with the Lagrangian ${\cal L}_\phi=-{1/2}(\partial\phi)^2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-15 Ishwaree P. Neupane , Christoph Scherer

We investigate the observational constraints on $\alpha$-attractor inflationary models and their post-inflationary reheating dynamics in light of the latest CMB data from ACT DR6 combined with Planck18, BICEP/$Keck$ 2018, and DESI…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-06 Md Riajul Haque , Sourav Pal , Debarun Paul

We assay how inflationary models whose properties are dominated by the dynamics of a single scalar field are constrained by cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). We classify…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-15 V. Barger , Hye-Sung Lee , Danny Marfatia

We study inflationary constraints from reheating on two classes of single-field inflationary models: a generalized $\alpha$-attractor with potential $V(\phi) = V_0 \!\left(1 - \sech^p\!\left[\phi/(\sqrt{6\alpha}\,M_{Pl})\right]\right)$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Gabriel German , Juan Carlos Hidalgo

The end of inflation is connected to the standard cosmological scenario through reheating. During reheating, the inflaton oscillates around the minimum of the potential and thus decays into the daughter particles that populate the Universe…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-19 R. Kabir , A. Mukherjee , D. Lohiya

The current epoch of accelerated cosmic expansion is postulated to be driven by dark energy, which in the standard model takes the form of a cosmological constant with equation of state parameter $w=-1$. We propose an innovative perspective…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-17 Sveva Castello , Stéphane Ilić , Martin Kunz

In this paper, we study a realistic model of quintessential inflation with radiation and matter. By the analysis of the dynamical system and numerical work about the evolution of the equation of state and cosmic density parameter, we show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xiang-hua Zhai , Yi-bin Zhao

In the present work we study a warm inflationary model defined by a quasi-exponential inflaton potential and an inflaton decay rate proportional to the Hubble rate. The model is characterized by three free parameters. We compute the power…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-13 Nelson Videla , Grigoris Panotopoulos

We are in the era of precision cosmology which offers us a unique opportunity to investigate beyond standard model physics. Toward this endeavor, inflaton is assumed to be a perfect new physics candidate. In this submission, we explore the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-20 Ayan Chakraborty , Md Riajul Haque , Debaprasad Maity , Rajesh Mondal

We investigate the constraints on cosmological parameters especially for EoS of dark energy, inflationary parameters, neutrino mass and curvature of universe using simulated Planck data. Firstly we determine cosmological parameters with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Jun-Qing Xia , Hong Li , Gong-Bo Zhao , Xinmin Zhang

We compute the rate with which super-Hubble cosmological fluctuations are decohered during inflation, by their gravitational interactions with unobserved shorter-wavelength scalar and tensor modes. We do so using Open Effective Field Theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-12 C. P. Burgess , R. Holman , Greg Kaplanek , Jerome Martin , Vincent Vennin

The $\alpha$-attractor models of inflation have remained one of the preferred inflationary models for nearly a decade now. The unique attractor nature of these models in the $n_s-r$ plane have put these models in the sweet-spot of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-04 Dibya Chakraborty , Suratna Das

The equations for quintessential $\alpha$-attractor inflation with a single scalar field, radiation and matter in a spatially flat FLRW spacetime are recast into a regular dynamical system on a compact state space. This enables a complete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-08 Artur Alho , Claes Uggla

We study the background dynamics and primordial perturbation in $\alpha$-attractor-type double inflation. The model is composed of two minimally coupled scalar fields, where each of the fields has a potential of the $\alpha$-attractor type.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-09 Kei-ichi Maeda , Shuntaro Mizuno , Ryota Tozuka

We present the first quantum field theory model of inflation that is renormalizable in the matter sector, with a super-Hubble inflaton mass and sub-Planckian field excursions, which is thus technically natural and consistent with a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-11 Mar Bastero-Gil , Arjun Berera , Rudnei O. Ramos , João G. Rosa

The present epoch of accelerated cosmic expansion is supposed to be driven by an unknown constituent called dark energy, which in the standard model takes the form of a cosmological constant, characterized by a constant equation of state…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-30 Sveva Castello , Stéphane Ilić , Martin Kunz