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Renata Kallosh1, Andrei Linde1, Diederik Roest2
1Department of Physics and SITP, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Abstract:
We introduce a novel nonminimal coupling between gravity and the inflaton sector. Remarkably, for large values of this coupling all models asymptote to a universal attractor. This behavior is independent of the original scalar potential and generalizes the attractor in the φ4 theory with nonminimal coupling to gravity. The attractor is located in the "sweet spot" of parameter values that are preferred by Planck's recent results.
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