k-Inflation-corrected Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with massless primordial gravitons

In the present paper, we study the inflationary phenomenology of a k-inflation corrected Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory. Non-canonical kinetic terms are known for producing Jean instabilities or superluminal sound wave velocities in the aforementioned era, but we demonstrate in this work that by addin...

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Main Authors: S.D. Odintsov, V.K. Oikonomou, F.P. Fronimos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321320303849