On Inflation and Variation of the Strong Coupling Constant

Abstract

Variation of constants in the very early universe can generate inflation. We consider a scenario where the strong coupling constant was changing in time and where the gluon condensate underwent a phase transition ending the inflation.

12 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in International Journal of Modern Physics D

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