Universality in generalized models of inflation
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🌀 gr-qc
astro-ph.COhep-ph
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modelscosmologicalevolutioninflationuniversalityagreementamountapplication
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We discuss the cosmological evolution of a scalar field with non standard kinetic term in terms of a Renormalization Group Equation (RGE). In this framework inflation corresponds to the slow evolution in a neighborhood of a fixed point and universality classes for inflationary models naturally arise. Using some examples we show the application of the formalism. The predicted values for the speed of sound $c_s$ and for the amount of non-Gaussianities produced in these models are discussed. In particular, we show that it is possible to introduce models with $c_s^2 \neq 1$ that can be in agreement with present cosmological observations.
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