Generalization of cosmological attractor approach to Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity

Abstract

Abstract We construct models with the Gauss–Bonnet term multiplied by a function of the scalar field leading to an inflationary scenario. The consideration is related to the slow-roll approximation. The cosmological attractor approach gives the spectral index of scalar perturbations which is in a good agreement with modern observation and allows for variability of the tensor-to-scalar ratio. We reconstruct models with variability of parameters, which allows one to reproduce cosmological attractor predictions for inflationary parameters in an approximation of the leading order of 1/N in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity.