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Reconstructing inflation in scalar-torsion $$f(T,\phi )$$ gravity

Manuel Gonzalez-Espinoza, Ramón Herrera, Giovanni Otalora, Joel Saavedra

2021The European Physical Journal C34 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract It is investigated the reconstruction during the slow-roll inflation in the most general class of scalar-torsion theories whose Lagrangian density is an arbitrary function $$f(T,\phi )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> of the torsion scalar T of teleparallel gravity and the inflaton $$\phi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> </mml:math> . For the class of theories with Lagrangian density $$f(T,\phi )=-M_{pl}^{2} T/2 - G(T) F(\phi ) - V(\phi )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>M</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>pl</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , with $$G(T)\sim T^{s+1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and the power s as constant, we consider a reconstruction scheme for determining both the non-minimal coupling function $$F(\phi )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and the scalar potential $$V(\phi )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> through the parametrization (or attractor) of the scalar spectral index $$n_{s}(N)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and the tensor-to-scalar ratio r ( N ) as functions of the number of $$e-$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> folds N . As specific examples, we analyze the attractors $$n_{s}-1 \propto 1/N$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>∝</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$r\propto 1/N$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∝</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , as well as the case $$r\propto 1/N (N+\gamma )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∝</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> with $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> a dimensionless constant. In this sense and depending on the attractors considered, we obtain different expressions for the function $$F(\phi )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and the potential $$V(\phi )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , as also the constraints on the parameters present in our model and its reconstruction.

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InflatonLagrangianScalar (mathematics)AttractorParametrization (atmospheric modeling)Spectral densityPhysicsScalar fieldClassical mechanicsProbability density functionClass (philosophy)Mathematical physicsMathematicsInflation (cosmology)Minimal couplingCoupling (piping)f(R) gravityTorsion (gastropod)Spectral indexGravitationScalar potentialFunction (biology)Mathematical analysisTheoretical physicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsGeophysics and Gravity Measurements
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