Anisotropic power-law inflation for models of non-canonical scalar fields non-minimally coupled to a two-form field

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the validity of the so-called cosmic no-hair conjecture in the framework of anisotropic inflation models of non-canonical scalar fields non-minimally coupled to a two-form field. In particular, we focus on two typical {\it k}-inflation and Dirac-Born-Infeld inflation models, in which we find a set of exact anisotropic power-law inflationary solutions. Interestingly, these solutions are shown to be stable and attractive during an inflationary phase using the dynamical system analysis. The obtained results indicate that the non-minimal coupling between the scalar and two-form fields acts as a non-trivial source of generating stable spatial anisotropies during the inflationary phase and therefore violates the prediction of the cosmic no-hair conjecture, even when the scalar field is of non-canonical forms. In connection with the Planck 2018 data, tensor-to-scalar ratios of these anisotropic solutions are investigated. As a result, it appears that the tensor-to-scalar ratio of the anisotropic power-law inflationary solution of {\it k}-inflation model turns out to be more highly consistent with the Planck 2018 data than that of Dirac-Born-Infeld model.

24 pages, 8 figures. Final version with investigations on the tensor-to-scalar ratio added. Some discussions and relevant references are also added. All calculations remain unchanged. Accepted for publication in EPJC. Comments are welcome

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