A new type of scalar field inflation

TL;DR

This paper explores a novel inflationary model where a massive scalar field with a non-minimally coupled kinetic term to gravity can produce a slow-roll inflationary background.

Contribution

It introduces a new inflationary scenario involving non-minimal kinetic coupling, expanding the theoretical landscape of inflation models.

Findings

Demonstrates the feasibility of slow-roll inflation with non-minimal kinetic coupling.

Provides conditions under which the model produces inflation.

Suggests potential observational signatures of this inflationary mechanism.

Abstract

In this short note we discuss the possibility of producing a slow rolling inflationary background by considering a massive scalar field whose kinetic term is non-minimally coupled to gravity.