Published May 5, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamics of gauge field inflation

  • 1. Center for Cosmic Origins and Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 (United States)
  • 2. Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Center (Pitt-PACC), 420 Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, 3941 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (United States)
  • 4. Center for Field Theory and Particle Physics & Department of Physics, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai (China)

Description

We analyze the existence and stability of dynamical attractor solutions for cosmological inflation driven by the coupling between fermions and a gauge field. Assuming a spatially homogeneous and isotropic gauge field and fermion current, the interacting fermion equation of motion reduces to that of a free fermion up to a phase shift. Consistency of the model is ensured via the Stückelberg mechanism. We prove the existence of exactly one stable solution, and demonstrate the stability numerically. Inflation arises without fine tuning, and does not require postulating any effective potential or non-standard coupling

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/05/005; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/10190

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2015
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
p. 5
ISSN
1475-7516

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Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JCAP05(2015)005; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:10190
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)