Applications of scalar attractor solutions to cosmology

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作者
Ng, SCC [1 ]
Nunes, NJ
Rosati, F
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[1] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys & Math Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[2] Univ Sussex, Ctr Theoret Phys, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex, England
[3] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis G Galilei, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevD.64.083510
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P1 [天文学];
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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.
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