Physics Letters B (Nov 2022)

Hyperbolic inflationary model with nonzero curvature

  • Andronikos Paliathanasis,
  • Genly Leon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137407
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 834
p. 137407

Abstract

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We consider a cosmological model consisting of two scalar fields defined in the hyperbolic plane known as hyperbolic inflation. For the background space, we consider a homogeneous and isotropic spacetime with nonzero curvature. We study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions and search for attractors in the expanding regime. We prove that two hyperbolic inflationary stages are stable solutions that can solve the flatness problem and describe acceleration for both open and closed models, and additionally, we obtain a Milne-like attractor solution for the open model. We also investigate the contracting branch obtaining mirror solutions with the opposite dynamical behaviours.

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