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TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling Quintessential Inflation in Palatini-Modified Gravity
AU - Dimopoulos, Konstantinos
AU - Karam, Alexandros
AU - López, Samuel Sánchez
AU - Tomberg, Eemeli
PY - 2022/4/5
Y1 - 2022/4/5
N2 - We study a model of quintessential inflation constructed in R2-modified gravity with a non-minimally coupled scalar field, in the Palatini formalism. Our non-minimal inflaton field is characterised by a simple exponential potential. We find that successful quintessential inflation can be achieved with no fine-tuning of the model parameters. Predictions of the characteristics of dark energy will be tested by observations in the near future, while contrasting with existing observations provides insights on the modified gravity background, such as the value of the non-minimal coupling and its running.
AB - We study a model of quintessential inflation constructed in R2-modified gravity with a non-minimally coupled scalar field, in the Palatini formalism. Our non-minimal inflaton field is characterised by a simple exponential potential. We find that successful quintessential inflation can be achieved with no fine-tuning of the model parameters. Predictions of the characteristics of dark energy will be tested by observations in the near future, while contrasting with existing observations provides insights on the modified gravity background, such as the value of the non-minimal coupling and its running.
KW - cosmology
KW - modified gravity
KW - cosmic inflation
KW - dark energy
KW - quintessence
KW - palatini gravity
U2 - 10.3390/galaxies10020057
DO - 10.3390/galaxies10020057
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
JO - Galaxies
JF - Galaxies
SN - 2075-4434
IS - 2
M1 - 57
ER -