TY  - JOUR
A1  - Benisty, David
A1  - Guendelman, Eduardo I.
A1  - Nissimov, Emil
A1  - Pacheva, Svetlana
T1  - Quintessential inflation with dynamical Higgs generation as an affine gravity
T2  - Symmetry
N2  - First, we propose a scale-invariant modified gravity interacting with a neutral scalar inflaton and a Higgs-like SU(2)×U(1) iso-doublet scalar field based on the formalism of non-Riemannian (metric-independent) spacetime volume-elements. This model describes, in the physical Einstein frame, a quintessential inflationary scenario driven by the “inflaton” together with the gravity-“inflaton” assisted dynamical spontaneous SU(2)×U(1) symmetry breaking in the post-inflationary universe, whereas the SU(2)×U(1) symmetry remains intact in the inflationary epoch. Next, we find the explicit representation of the latter quintessential inflationary model with a dynamical Higgs effect as an Eddington-type purely affine gravity.
KW  - inflation
KW  - dark energy
KW  - dynamical Higgs effect
KW  - quintessence
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54657
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-546577
SN  - 2073-8994
VL  - 12
IS  - 734
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -