Inflationary Twin Models

Abstract

We introduce the concept of inflationary twin models, that is, a class of generalized (kinetic or "K-inflation") field theories which lead exactly to the same cosmological evolution during the inflationary period as a given standard scalar field theory of inflation. The twin concept permits to introduce generalized, K-inflation theories in a controlled manner, maintaining some inflationary predictions unaltered. Further, this concept allows to extend analytical tools like the slow-roll expansion to the realm of K-inflation theories, facilitating their investigation. Twins of a standard scalar field model of inflation still may result in different results for some inflationary observables, because of their nontrivial scalar speed of sound. This implies that non-standard twins may lead to completely viable models of inflation, even if their standard twin is ruled out by observations. We provide some explicit examples of this possibility, including the physical case of a dilaton--Dirac-Born-Infeld theory.

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