R-squared inflation

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R-squared inflation is a cosmological model of the early universe in which a quadratic term in the curvature of spacetime drives a period of accelerated expansion, providing one of the first successful theories of cosmic inflation.

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instanceOf cosmological inflation model ⓘ
early universe model ⓘ
theoretical cosmology model ⓘ
addresses flatness problem ⓘ
horizon problem ⓘ
monopole problem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Starobinsky inflation ⓘ
assumes spatially flat Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric ⓘ
basedOn modification of Einstein–Hilbert action ⓘ
belongsTo ΛCDM plus inflation paradigm ⓘ
category single-field effective inflation model ⓘ
compatibleWith Planck satellite data ⓘ
cosmic microwave background observations ⓘ
consistentWith upper bounds on tensor-to-scalar ratio from Planck and BICEP/Keck ⓘ
describes period of accelerated expansion in the early universe ⓘ
endsBy graceful exit via scalaron oscillations ⓘ
energyScale inflation near grand unification scale (order of 10^13 GeV for scalaron mass) ⓘ
equivalentTo single-field slow-roll inflation with scalaron field ⓘ
explains origin of large-scale structure from amplified quantum fluctuations ⓘ
feature inflation driven by gravitational sector rather than matter field ⓘ
formulatedIn 1980 ⓘ
framework f(R) gravity ⓘ
modified gravity ⓘ
includesTerm R^2 term in the gravitational action ⓘ
quadratic term in the Ricci scalar R ⓘ
influenced development of f(R) gravity models ⓘ
subsequent inflationary model building ⓘ
introduces scalaron as effective inflaton ⓘ
leadsTo reheating of the universe after inflation ⓘ
mathematicalForm Einstein–Hilbert action plus R^2 correction term ⓘ
namedAfter Alexei Starobinsky ⓘ
predicts Gaussian primordial perturbations to leading order ⓘ
low level of primordial gravitational waves ⓘ
nearly scale-invariant spectrum of scalar perturbations ⓘ
quasi–de Sitter expansion in the early universe ⓘ
small tensor-to-scalar ratio ⓘ
spectral index slightly less than 1 ⓘ
proposedBy Alexei Starobinsky ⓘ
publishedIn Physics Letters B ⓘ
requires quantum fluctuations of the scalaron field ⓘ
roleInCosmology one of the first successful inflationary models ⓘ
prototype of geometrical inflation ⓘ
testedBy CMB polarization measurements ⓘ
CMB temperature anisotropy measurements ⓘ
uses higher-derivative gravity ⓘ
slow-roll approximation ⓘ

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