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Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Modern Physics D Année : 2015

Unification of inflation and dark energy à la quintessential inflation

Md. Wali Hossain
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R. Myrzakulov
  • Fonction : Auteur
M. Sami
  • Fonction : Auteur

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This pedagogical review is devoted to quintessential inflation, which refers to unification of inflation and dark energy using a single scalar field. We present a brief but concise description of the concepts needed to join the two ends, which include discussion on scalar field dynamic, conformal coupling, instant preheating and relic gravitational waves. Models of quintessential inflation broadly fall into two classes, depending upon the early and late time behavior of the field potential. In the first type we include models in which the field potential is steep for most of the history of the universe but turn shallow at late times, whereas in the second type the potential is shallow at early times followed by a steep behavior thereafter. In models of the first category inflation can be realized by invoking high-energy brane-induced damping, which is needed to facilitate slow roll along a steep potential. In models of second type one may invoke a nonminimal coupling of the scalar field with massive neutrino matter, which might induce a minimum in the potential at late times as neutrinos turn nonrelativistic. In this category we review a class of models with noncanonical kinetic term in the Lagrangian, which can comply with recent B mode polarization measurements. The scenario under consideration is distinguished by the presence of a kinetic phase, which precedes the radiative regime, giving rise to blue spectrum of gravity waves generated during inflation. We highlight the generic features of quintessential inflation and also discuss on issues related to Lyth bound.

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insu-03644749 , version 1 (19-04-2022)

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Md. Wali Hossain, R. Myrzakulov, M. Sami, Emmanuel N. Saridakis. Unification of inflation and dark energy à la quintessential inflation. International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2015, 24, ⟨10.1142/S0218271815300141⟩. ⟨insu-03644749⟩
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