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Inflation with Non-Minimal Coupling: Metric vs. Palatini Formulations

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We analyze non-minimally coupled scalar field theories in metric (second-order) and Palatini (first-order) formalisms in a comparative fashion. After contrasting them in a general setup, we specialize to inflation and find that the two formalisms differ in their predictions for various cosmological parameters. The main reason is that dependencies on the non-minimal coupling parameter are different in the two formalisms. For successful inflation, the Palatini approach prefers a much larger value for the non-minimal coupling parameter than the Metric approach. Unlike the Metric formalism, in Palatini, the inflaton stays well below the Planck scale whereby providing a natural inflationary epoch.

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Quasi-pole inflation in metric-affine gravity

gr-qc · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Non-minimal coupling of the inflaton to the Holst invariant in metric-affine gravity induces quasi-pole kinetics that generate an exponential plateau potential and Starobinsky-equivalent predictions regardless of the bare potential.

Natural Metric-Affine Inflation: Reloaded

gr-qc · 2026-05-22 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Combining periodic non-minimal couplings to the Nieh-Yan term and Ricci scalar in metric-affine gravity makes natural inflation viable for sub-Planckian periodicity scales.

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  • Quasi-pole inflation in metric-affine gravity gr-qc · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 11 · internal anchor

    Non-minimal coupling of the inflaton to the Holst invariant in metric-affine gravity induces quasi-pole kinetics that generate an exponential plateau potential and Starobinsky-equivalent predictions regardless of the bare potential.

  • Natural Metric-Affine Inflation: Reloaded gr-qc · 2026-05-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 33 · internal anchor

    Combining periodic non-minimal couplings to the Nieh-Yan term and Ricci scalar in metric-affine gravity makes natural inflation viable for sub-Planckian periodicity scales.

  • Induced-Gravity Palatini-Like Higgs Inflation in Supergravity Confronts ACT DR6 hep-ph · 2026-02-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 65 · internal anchor

    A Palatini-inspired induced-gravity inflation model in supergravity fits ACT DR6 data while embedding into a B-L extended MSSM with split SUSY and leptogenesis.

  • Neutrino Mass, Vacuum Stability and Higgs Inflation with Vector-Like Quarks and a Single Right-Handed Neutrino hep-ph · 2025-12-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 48 · internal anchor

    The Standard Model extended by n vector-like quarks and one right-handed neutrino stabilizes the Higgs quartic to the Planck scale, produces viable neutrino masses via Type-I seesaw, and yields inflationary observables n_s and r consistent with Planck and ACT data.