Nonminimal coupling of the scalar field and inflation

Feb, 1996
23 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 53 (1996) 6813-6821
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Abstract: (arXiv)
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.
Note:
  • 23 pages, LaTex, no figures, to appear in Physical Review D
  • 98.80.Hw
  • 98.80.Cq
  • field theory: scalar
  • coupling constant
  • general relativity
  • space-time
  • inflation
  • bibliography