Primordial bubbles from quadratic gravity

A toy model of inflation with a first order phase transition built on a nonminimal generalization of quadratic gravity effectively implements a two field inflation and copiously spurs bubbles before the end of the slow roll. In particular, the phase transition may be brought to completion quickly en...

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Main Authors: Occhionero, Franco (Author) , Amendola, Luca (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 15 October 1994
In: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 1994, Volume: 50, Issue: 8, Pages: 4846-4852
ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.50.4846
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.4846
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Author Notes:Franco Occhionero and Luca Amendola
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Summary:A toy model of inflation with a first order phase transition built on a nonminimal generalization of quadratic gravity effectively implements a two field inflation and copiously spurs bubbles before the end of the slow roll. In particular, the phase transition may be brought to completion quickly enough to leave an observable signature at the large scales. We identify analytically and numerically the parameter space region capable of fitting the observed galaxy correlation function, while passing the microwave background constraints. Thus, astronomical observations can yield information upon the parameters of fundamental physics.
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ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.50.4846