A non-minimally coupled potential for inflation and dark energy after Planck 2015: a comprehensive study

作者:Eshaghi Mehdi*; Zarei Moslem; Riazi Nematollah; Kiasatpour Ahmad
来源:Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2015, 2015(11): 037.
DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/11/037

摘要

In this work we introduce a new plateau-like inflationary model including a quadratic scalar potential coupled non-minimally to gravity. This potential has a dominant constant energy density at early times which can realize successful inflation. It also includes an infinitesimal non-zero term V-0 responsible for explaining dark energy which causing the universe to expand accelerating at the late time. We show that this model predicts small tensor-to-scalar ratio of the order of r approximate to 0.01 which is fully consistent with Planck constraints. Using the lower and upper bounds on reheating temperature, we provide additional constraints on the non-minimal coupling parameter xi of the model. We also study the preheating stage predicted by this kind of potentials using numerical calculations.

  • 出版日期2015-11