Inflation in metric-affine quadratic gravity

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2023/03/042zbMATH Open1522.83285arXiv2212.09896OpenAlexW4327724593MaRDI QIDQ6100413FDOQ6100413

Authors: Ioannis D. Gialamas, Kyriakos Tamvakis 

Publication date: 12 May 2023

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the general framework of Metric-Affine theories of gravity, where the metric and the connection are independent variables, we consider actions quadratic in the Ricci scalar curvature and the Holst invariant (the contraction of the Riemann curvature with the Levi-Civita antisymmetric tensor) coupled non-minimally to a scalar field. We study the profile of the equivalent effective metric theory, featuring an extra dynamical pseudoscalar degree of freedom, and show that it reduces to an effective single-field inflationary model. We analyze in detail the inflationary predictions and find that they fall within the latest observational bounds for a wide range of parameters, allowing for an increase in the tensor-to-scalar ratio. The spectral index can either decrease or increase depending on the position in parameter space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.09896

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravityinflation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Affine differential geometry (53A15) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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