Emergent scale symmetry: connecting inflation and dark energy [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00552


In a variable gravity scenario containing an ultraviolet and an infrared fixed point quantum scale invariance emerges at both fixed points. We discuss a particular model for the crossover between the fixed points which can naturally account for inflation and dark energy using a single scalar field. In the Einstein-frame formulation the potential can be expressed in terms of Lambert functions, interpolating between a power-law inflationary potential and a mixed quintessence potential. For two natural heating scenarios, the transition between inflation and radiation domination proceeds through a “graceful reheating” stage. The radiation temperature significantly exceeds the temperature of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.

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J. Rubio and C. Wetterich
Wed, 3 May 17
12/60

Comments: 19 pages, 12 figures