Non-minimal coupling of the scalar field and inflation

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22 February 1996

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9602111

Abstract

We study the prescriptions for the coupling constant of a scalar field to the Ricci curvature of spacetime in specific gravity and scalar field theories. The results are applied to the most popular inflationary scenarios of the universe; their theoretical consistency and certain observational constraints are discussed.

Keywords

THEORETICAL CONSISTENCY
INFLATIONARY SCENARIOS
MINIMAL COUPLING
RICCI CURVATURE
PRESCRIPTIONS
SCALAR FIELD
GRAVITY

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Version 1, 1996-02-22, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review D, 53 (12), 6813.

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