P-nflation: generating cosmic Inflation with p-forms
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چکیده
We show that an inflationary background might be realized by using any pform non-minimally coupled to gravity. Standard scalar field inflation corresponds to the 0-form case and vector inflation to the 1-form. Moreover, we show that the 2and 3-form fields are dual to a new vector and scalar inflationary theories where the kinetic terms are non-minimally coupled to gravity.
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