New models of Quintessential Inflation featuring plateau and hilltop potentials
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| author | Mishra, Swagat S. Sahni, Varun |
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| contents | We introduce a new class of hilltop and plateau potentials which can successfully unify inflation and dark energy resulting in Quintessential Inflation (QI). Interestingly these new potentials are related through an inverse transformation. Namely, if $V(ϕ) = V_0 \, v(ϕ)$ is a plateau potential then the inverse potential $V(ϕ) = V_0 \, \left[v(ϕ)\right]^{-1}$ describes hilltop QI. A simple example is provided by the KKLT-inspired potential $v(ϕ) = \left\lbrack \frac{M^{2n} + ϕ^{2n}}{N^{2n} + ϕ^{2n}}\right\rbrack \,$. When $M/N \ll 1$ this potential describes plateau QI, while its inverse, $\left[v(ϕ)\right]^{-1}$ describes hilltop QI. Other simple models of QI arise for the class of potentials $V(ϕ) \sim \exp\left\lbrack\mp f(ϕ)\right\rbrack$, where the $-$ ($+$) sign is associated with a plateau (hilltop). A key feature of this new class of QI models is the near absence of small parameters which are usually associated with the presence of dark energy. A forecast for the gravitational wave background generated in these models is provided. |
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| spellingShingle | New models of Quintessential Inflation featuring plateau and hilltop potentials Mishra, Swagat S. Sahni, Varun Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory We introduce a new class of hilltop and plateau potentials which can successfully unify inflation and dark energy resulting in Quintessential Inflation (QI). Interestingly these new potentials are related through an inverse transformation. Namely, if $V(ϕ) = V_0 \, v(ϕ)$ is a plateau potential then the inverse potential $V(ϕ) = V_0 \, \left[v(ϕ)\right]^{-1}$ describes hilltop QI. A simple example is provided by the KKLT-inspired potential $v(ϕ) = \left\lbrack \frac{M^{2n} + ϕ^{2n}}{N^{2n} + ϕ^{2n}}\right\rbrack \,$. When $M/N \ll 1$ this potential describes plateau QI, while its inverse, $\left[v(ϕ)\right]^{-1}$ describes hilltop QI. Other simple models of QI arise for the class of potentials $V(ϕ) \sim \exp\left\lbrack\mp f(ϕ)\right\rbrack$, where the $-$ ($+$) sign is associated with a plateau (hilltop). A key feature of this new class of QI models is the near absence of small parameters which are usually associated with the presence of dark energy. A forecast for the gravitational wave background generated in these models is provided. |
| title | New models of Quintessential Inflation featuring plateau and hilltop potentials |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04316 |