Applications of scalar attractor solutions to cosmology
- 25 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 64 (8) , 083510
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.64.083510
Abstract
We develop a framework to study the phase space of a system consisting of a scalar field rolling down an arbitrary potential with a varying slope and a background fluid, in a cosmological setting. We give analytical approximate solutions of the field evolution, and discuss applications of its features to the issues of quintessence, moduli stabilization, and quintessential inflation.Keywords
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