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Initial conditions for vector inflation

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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  1. Department of Physics, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo 156-8550 (Japan)
Recently, a model of inflation using non-minimally coupled massive vector fields has been proposed. For a particular choice of non-minimal coupling parameter and for a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model, the model is reduced to the model of chaotic inflation with massive scalar field. We study the effect of non-zero curvature of the universe on the onset of vector inflation. We find that in a curved universe the dynamics of vector inflation can be different from the dynamics of chaotic inflation, and the fraction of the initial conditions leading to inflationary solutions is reduced as compared with the chaotic inflation case.
OSTI ID:
22156697
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 08 Vol. 2008; ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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