Initial conditions of pre-inflation with Hilltop potential in loop quantum cosmology

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03077-9zbMATH Open1528.83113arXiv2108.06218MaRDI QIDQ6132943FDOQ6132943

Zhanar Umurzakhova, Kuralay Yesmakhanova, M. Shahalam

Publication date: 15 July 2023

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of pre-inflation with Hilltop potential in the framework of loop quantum cosmology. The initial conditions of inflaton field at the quantum bounce is categorized into two classes, first one is dominated by kinetic energy and second one by potential energy. In both cases, the physically viable initial values of inflaton field at the bounce are obtained numerically that generate the desired slow-roll inflation and also sufficient number of $e$-folds. To be consistent with observations at least 60 $e$-folds are required. In case of kinetic energy dominated initial conditions of inflaton field at the bounce, the numerical evolution of the background prior to preheating is divided into three different regions: {it bouncing, transition and slow-roll inflation} whereas bouncing and transition phases disappear in the potential energy dominated case but still slow-roll inflation is achieved. This is true in case of $p=4$ and $v=1M_{Pl}$ of Hilltop potential. However for other cases, slow-roll inflation can not be obtained. Moreover, we study the phase space analysis for Hilltop potential and discuss the phase space trajectories under the chosen parameters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.06218

zbMATH Keywords

inflationloop quantum cosmologyHilltop potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Loops, quasigroups (20N05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

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