Publication Date:
2019-09-01
Description:
We propose a simple modified gravity model without any initial matter fields in terms of several alternative non-Riemannian spacetime volume elements within the metric (second order) formalism. We show how the non-Riemannian volume-elements, when passing to the physical Einstein frame, create a canonical scalar field and produce dynamically a non-trivial inflationary-type potential for the latter with a large flat region and a stable low-lying minimum. We study the evolution of the cosmological solutions from the point of view of theory of dynamical systems. The theory predicts the spectral index $$n_s approx 0.96$$ns≈0.96 and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $$r approx 0.002$$r≈0.002 for 60 e-folds, which is in accordance with the observational data. In the future Euclid and SPHEREx missions or the BICEP3 experiment are expected to provide experimental evidence to test those predictions.
Print ISSN:
1434-6044
Electronic ISSN:
1434-6052
Topics:
Physics
Permalink