Published June 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Quintessential inflation from Lorentzian slow roll

  • 1. Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 2. Physics Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
  • 3. Bahamas Advanced Study Institute and Conferences, Stella Maris, Long Island (Bahamas)

Description

From the assumption that the slow-roll parameter ε has a Lorentzian form as a function of the e-fold number N, a successful model of a quintessential inflation is obtained. The form corresponds to the vacuum energy both in the inflationary and in the dark-energy epochs and satisfies the condition to climb from small values of ε to 1 at the end of the inflationary epoch. We find the corresponding scalar quintessential inflationary potential with two flat regions. Moreover, a reheating mechanism is suggested with numerical estimation for the homogeneous evolution of the universe. The suggested mechanism is consistent with the BBN bound.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8147-8

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1-9
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
51082328
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL INFLATION; HEATING; HUBBLE EFFECT; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; POTENTIALS; SCALAR FIELDS; SPECTRA; UNIVERSE; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER

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