Theories of gravity with nonminimal matter-curvature coupling and the de Sitter swampland conjectures [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.02109


We discuss, in the context of alternative theories of gravity with nonminimal coupling between matter and curvature, if inflationary solutions driven by a single scalar field can be reconciled with the swampland conjectures about the emergence of de Sitter solutions in string theory. We find that the slow-roll conditions are incompatible with the swampland conjectures for a fairly generic inflationary solution in such alternative theories of gravity.

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O. Bertolami, C. Gomes and P. Sá
Fri, 6 Jan 23
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Comments: 12 pages