Unified Model for Inflation and the Dark Side of the Universe
arXiv:astro-ph/0701369
Abstract
We present a model with a complex and a real scalar fields and a potential whose symmetry is explicitly broken by Planck-scale physics. For exponentially small breaking, the model accounts for the period of inflation in the early universe and for the period of acceleration of the late universe or for the dark matter, depending on the smallness of the explicit breaking.
Contribution to the proceedings of International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe (DSU2006), Madrid, Spain, 20-24 Jun 2006; 7 pages