Nonminimal coupling of the scalar field and inflation

被引:174
作者
Faraoni, V
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1996年 / 53卷 / 12期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.53.6813
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the prescriptions for the coupling constant of a scalar field to the Ricci curvature of spacetime in specific gravity and scalar field theories. The results are applied to the most popular inflationary scenarios of the universe; their theoretical consistency and certain observational constraints are discussed.
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页码:6813 / 6821
页数:9
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