$\beta$-function reconstruction of Palatini inflationary attractors

Abstract

Attractor inflation is a particularly robust framework for developing inflationary models that are insensitive to the details of the potential. Such models are most often considered in the metric formulation of gravity. However, non-minimal models may not necessarily maintain their attractor nature in the Palatini formalism where the connection is independent of the metric. In this work, we employ the $\beta$-function formalism to classify the strong coupling limit of inflationary models in both the metric and the Palatini approaches. Furthermore, we determine the range of values for the non-minimal coupling that lead to theories being observationally indistinguishable in metric and Palatini within current accuracy. Finally, we reconstruct the Jordan frame potential for $\xi$-attractors by imposing an explicit form for the $\beta$-function, demonstrating the effect that the choice of metric or Palatini has on the inflationary observables of the theory.

arXiv comment26 pages, 2 figures

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