Multifield extension of GG inflation

Aug 22, 2013
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 88 (2013) 8, 083504
  • Published: Oct 8, 2013
e-Print:
Report number:
  • RUP-13-7,
  • IPMU13-0158

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Abstract: (APS)
We propose a multifield extension of (generalized) G inflation, based on covariant multi-Galileons and their generalization preserving second-order field equations. We compute the quadratic action for cosmological perturbations. By comparing the formulas for cosmological perturbations, it is highlighted that multifield Dirac-Born-Infield Galileon inflation is not included in the multifield version of generalized G inflation. Our result indicates that the generalized covariant multi-Galileon theory is not the most general multi-scalar-tensor theory with second-order field equations.
Note:
  • 12 pages; v2: version accepted for publication in PRD
  • 98.80.Cq
  • inflation
  • field equations
  • perturbation
  • covariance
  • Galileon
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