Abstract

The influence of non-minimal coupling of a scalar field and the Gauss–Bonnet term on the inflationary stage of evolution of the universe is investigated in this paper. The main cosmological effects of such a coupling were considered. The deviations between Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet inflation and standard one based on Einstein gravity were determined. The corrections of a weak GB coupling preserving the type of the scalar field potential to standard inflationary models is considered as well.

Highlights

  • At this stage in the development of theoretical investigations of the early universe, cosmological inflation [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] seems to be the most convincing theory

  • A large number of different models of cosmological inflation with canonical scalar fields based on Einstein gravity are considered to describe the inflationary stage of the evolution of universe [9,10,11,12]

  • One can define the connection between background deviation parameters { H, X, V } and ones corresponding to the Gauss–Bonnet term corrections to the parameters of cosmological perturbations { 1, 2, 3}

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Summary

Introduction

At this stage in the development of theoretical investigations of the early universe, cosmological inflation [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] seems to be the most convincing theory. A large number of different models of cosmological inflation with canonical scalar fields based on Einstein gravity are considered to describe the inflationary stage of the evolution of universe [9,10,11,12]. C (2020) 80:1145 ics in flat four-dimensional Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) space-time, which is sufficient for comparing such a models, since this type of geometry is the basis for constructing phenomenologically correct cosmological of models [53,54,61,62] This approach was used to analyze cosmological inflationary models based on the other modifications of Einstein gravity [60,63,64].

The cosmological models based on the Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity
HG3B ξ
The deviations between Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet inflation and standard one
The influence of GB-term on a scalar field
H E 3 HE2
The influence of GB-term on the background dynamics
The influence of GB-term on the parameters of cosmological perturbations
The influence of GB-term on the velocities of cosmological perturbations
Inflation with a weak coupling of a scalar field and Gauss–Bonnet scalar
Special class of inflationary models with a weak GB coupling
Background dynamic equations in terms of a scalar field
The parameters of cosmological perturbations for a weak GB coupling
The examples of inflationary models with a weak GB coupling
The inflation with a weak GB coupling based on the double-well potential
Exponential power-law inflation with a weak GB coupling
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