G-inflation: inflation driven by the Galileon field

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2010-08-03

arxiv.org/abs/1008.0603v3

Phys.Rev.Lett.105:231302,2010

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

5 pages, 1 figure; v2: major clarification; v3: original version of the article published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 231302 (201

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.231302

We propose a new class of inflation model, G-inflation, which has a Galileon-like nonlinear derivative interaction of the form $G(\phi, (\nabla\phi)^2)\Box\phi$ in the Lagrangian with the resultant equations of motion being of second order. It is shown that (almost) scale-invariant curvature fluctuations can be generated even in the exactly de Sitter background and that the tensor-to-scalar ratio can take a significantly larger value than in the standard inflation models, violating the standard consistency relation. Furthermore, violation of the null energy condition can occur without any instabilities. As a result, the spectral index of tensor modes can be blue, which makes it easier to observe quantum gravitational waves from inflation by the planned gravitational-wave experiments such as LISA and DECIGO as well as by the upcoming CMB experiments such as Planck and CMBpol.

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