Inflation and nonminimal scalar-curvature coupling in gravity and supergravity

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Published 21 August 2012 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Sergei V. Ketov and Alexei A. Starobinsky JCAP08(2012)022 DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/08/022

1475-7516/2012/08/022

Abstract

Inflationary slow-roll dynamics in Einstein gravity with a nonminimal scalar-curvature coupling can be equivalent to that in the certain f(R) gravity theory. We review the correspondence and extend it to N=1 supergravity. The nonminimal coupling in supergravity is rewritten in terms of the standard (`minimal') N=1 matter-coupled supergravity by using curved superspace. The established equivalence between two different inflationary theories means the same inflaton scalar potential, and does not imply the same post-inflationary dynamics and reheating.

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10.1088/1475-7516/2012/08/022