Published July 1, 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Constant-roll inflation in f(T) teleparallel gravity

  • 1. Department of Physics, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo, P.O. Box 74, AUC Avenue New Cairo, Cairo 11835 (Egypt)
  • 2. Centre for Theoretical Physics, The British University in Egypt, P.O. Box 43, El Sherouk City, Cairo 11837 (Egypt)
  • 3. ICREA, Passeig Luis Companys, 23, Barcelona 08010 (Spain)
  • 4. Laboratory for Theoretical Cosmology, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR), Tomsk 634050 (Russian Federation)

Description

We investigate in detail the implications of the constant-roll condition on the inflationary era of a scalar field coupled to a teleparallel f(T) gravity. The resulting cosmological equations constitute a reconstruction technique which enables us to find either the f(T) gravity which corresponds to a given cosmological evolution, or the Hubble rate of the cosmological evolution generated by a fixed f(T) gravity. We also analyze in some detail the phase space of the constant-roll teleparallel gravity and we discuss the physical significance of the resulting fixed points and trajectories. Also we calculate the observational indices of a theory with given f(T) gravity, and we discuss all the implications of the constant-roll condition on these. As we demonstrate, the resulting theory can be compatible with the current observational data, for a wide range of values of the free parameters of the theory.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/07/026

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2018
Journal Issue
07
Journal Page Range
p. 026
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51062095
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GRAVITATION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; PHASE SPACE; SCALAR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE