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Non-minimal coupling of the scalar field and inflation

Valerio Faraoni

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9602111

Abstract

We study the prescriptions for the coupling constant of a scalar field to the Ricci curvature of spacetime in specific gravity and scalar field theories. The results are applied to the most popular inflationary scenarios of the universe; their theoretical consistency and certain observational constraints are discussed.

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