General f(R) and conformal inflation from minimal supergravity plus matter

We embed general f(R) inflationary models in minimal supergravity plus matter, a single chiral superfield Φ, with or without another superfield S, via a Jordan frame Einstein+scalar description. In particular, inflationary models like a generalized Starobinsky one are analyzed and constraints on the...

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Main Author: Horatiu Nastase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321315004277