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Quintessential inflation

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: We present an explicit observationally acceptable model for evolution from inflation to the present epoch under the assumption that the entropy and matter of the familiar universe are from gravitational particle production at the end of inflation. This eliminates the problem of finding a satisfactory coupling of the inflaton and matter fields. Since the inflaton potential $V(\ensuremath{\varphi})$ may be a monotonic function of the inflaton \ensuremath{\varphi}, the inflaton energy could produce an observationally significant effective cosmological constant, as in quintessence.

Source: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.59.063505

Authors: P. J. E. Peebles, A. Vilenkin

Institutions: Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study, Tufts University

Language: English

Topic: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W3037395653

FWCI: 15.77

Cites: 21

Cited by: 687

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