# A new type of scalar field inflation

**Authors:** Cristiano Germani (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris), Alex Kehagias, (NTUA, Athens)

arXiv: 0911.4128 · 2014-11-20

## 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.

## Key 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.

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## References

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