On the initial conditions of scalar and tensor fluctuations in $$f(R,\phi )$$ f(R,ϕ) gravity

Abstract We have considered the perturbation equations governing the growth of fluctuations during inflation in generalized scalar tensor theory $$f(R,\phi )$$ f(R,ϕ) . We have found that the scalar metric perturbations at very early times are negligible compared to the scalar field perturbation, ju...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. Cheraghchi, F. Shojai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-05-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5878-x