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arxiv: 1611.07019 · v2 · pith:HL4BPELTnew · submitted 2016-11-22 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.CO· hep-ph

Universality in generalized models of inflation

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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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