Inflationary attractors in F(R) gravity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2020.135576MaRDI QIDQ821449zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors V. K. Oikonomou, Sergei D. Odintsov

Publication date 20 September 2021

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12804

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Attractors (35B41) Flows related to mean curvature (53E10) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: In this letter we shall demonstrate that the viable $F(R)$ gravities can be classified mainly into two classes of inflationary attractors, either the $R^2$ attractors or the $alpha$-attractors. To show this, we shall derive the most general relation between the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ and the spectral index of primordial curvature perturbations $n_s$, namely the $r-n_s$ relation, by assuming that the slow-roll condition constrains the values of the slow-roll indices. As we show, the relation between the tensor-to-scalar ratio and the spectral index of the primordial curvature perturbations has the form $rsimeqfrac48(1-n_s{)}^2(4-x{)}^2$, where the dimensionless parameter $x$ contains higher derivatives of the $F(R)$ gravity function with respect to the Ricci scalar, and it is a function of the $e$-foldings number $N$ and may also be a function of the free parameters of the various $F(R)$ gravity models. For $F(R)$ gravities which have a spectral index compatible with the observational data and also yield $xll1$, these belong to the $R^2$-type of attractors, with $rsim3(1-n_s{)}^2$, and these are viable theories. Moreover, in the case that $x$ takes larger values in specific ranges and is constant for a given $F(R)$ gravity, the resulting $r-n_s$ relation has the form $rsim3alpha(1-n_s{)}^2$, where $alpha$ is a constant. Thus we conclude that the viable $F(R)$ gravities may be classified into two limiting types of $r-n_s$ relations, one identical to the $R^2$ model at leading order in $x$, and one similar to the $alpha$-attractors $r-n_s$ relation, for the $F(R)$ gravity models that yield $x$ constant. Finally, we also discuss the case that $x$ is not constant.

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