http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00622
We introduce inflationary models where the inflaton features a field dependent non-minimal derivative coupling to the Einstein tensor, that we name GNMDC. This Horndeski term gives new and distinguishable inflationary predictions in a reliable framework, free from possible gradient instabilities during the reheating stage. We examine the inflationary phenomenology using power law monomial and exponential potentials. We further elaborate on the implications of the inflaton-modulated GNMDC and constructed GNMDC terms that can amplify the power spectrum of primordial perturbations at small scales, triggering the PBH production. An attractive feature of the GNMDC is that inflation, as well as PBH production, can be implemented utilizing the Higgs potential.
I. Dalianis, S. Karydas and E. Papantonopoulos
Thu, 3 Oct 19
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Comments: 25 pages, 20 figures, plain text
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