A consistent scalar-tensor cosmology for inflation, dark energy and the Hubble parameter

C. H.-T. Wang, J. A. Reid, A. St J. Murphy, Daniel De Paula Farias Rodrigues, M. Al-Alawi, R. Bingham, J. T. Mendonca, T. B. Davies

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Abstract

A Friedman cosmology is investigated based on scalar-tensor gravitation with general metric coupling and scalar potential functions. We show that for a broad class of such functions, the scalar field can be dynamically trapped using a recently suggested mechanism. The trapped scalar can drive inflation and accelerated cosmic expansion, compatible with standard requirements. The inflationary phase admits a natural exit with a value of the Hubble parameter dictated by the duration of inflation in a parameter independent manner. For inflationary duration consistent with the GUT description, the resulting Hubble parameter is found to be consistent with its observed value.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3761-3765
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters A
Volume380
Issue number45
Early online date28 Sept 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Nov 2016

Bibliographical note

The authors are grateful for financial support to the Cruickshank Trust (CW), EPSRC/GG-Top (CW, JR), Omani Government (MA), Science Without Borders programme, CNPq, Brazil (DR), and STFC/CfFP (CW, AM, RB, JM). CW and AM
acknowledge the hospitality of CERN, where this work was started. The University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh are charitable bodies registered in Scotland, with respective registration numbers SC013683 and SC005336.

Keywords

  • Modified theories of gravity
  • cosmic inflation
  • dark energy

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