Conformal inflation with chameleon coupling
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✦ hep-th
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inflationchameleoncouplingconformalduringheavymatterattractor
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We investigate the possibility that the inflaton, in particular in conformal inflation models, is also a chameleon, i.e. that it couples to the energy density of some heavy non-relativistic matter present during inflation. We find new and interesting attractor behaviours, either prolonging inflation, or changing the observables $n_s,r$, depending on the sign of the chameleon coupling exponent. We also check that the chameleon coupling with the heavy matter field strongly suppress entropy modes during inflation.
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