Published April 1, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Attractor behaviour in ELKO cosmology

  • 1. Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad (India)
  • 2. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), Trivandrum 695016 (India)

Description

We study the dynamics of ELKO in the context of accelerated phase of our universe. To avoid the fine tuning problem associated with the initial conditions, it is required that the dynamical equations lead to an early-time attractor. In the earlier works, it was shown that the dynamical equations containing ELKO fields do not lead to early-time stable fixed points. In this work, using redefinition of variables, we show that ELKO cosmology admits early-time stable fixed points. More interestingly, we show that ELKO cosmology admit two sets of attractor points corresponding to slow and fast-roll inflation. The fast-roll inflation attractor point is unique for ELKO as it is independent of the form of the potential. We also discuss the plausible choice of interaction terms in these two sets of attractor points and constraints on the coupling constant

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/04/025

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2013
Journal Issue
04
Journal Page Range
p. 025
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45104187
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ATTRACTORS; COSMOLOGY; COUPLING CONSTANTS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; INFLATONS; POTENTIALS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES