Applications of scalar attractor solutions to Cosmology

A. Albrecht; A. Balbi; A. de la Macorra; A. Masiero; A.G. Riess; A.H. Guth; A.R. Liddle; B. Ratra; B. Spokoiny; C. Wetterich; D.W. Jordan; E.J. Copeland; E.J. Copeland; F. Rosati; G. Felder; G. Huey; G. Huey; I. Zlatev; J.A. Frieman; K. Choi; K. Dimopoulos; L.H. Ford; M. Peloso; M.S. Turner; N. J. Nunes; N.A. Bahcall; N.D. Birrell; P. Binétruy; P. Brax; P. Brax; P. de Bernardis; P. Parsons; P.G. Ferreira; P.G. Ferreira; P.J. Steinhardt; P.J.E. Peebles; P.J.E. Peebles; R. Brustein; R.R. Caldwell; S. C. C. Ng; S. Perlmutter; S.C.C. Ng; T. Barreiro; T. Barreiro; T. Barreiro

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Applications of scalar attractor solutions to Cosmology

Authors: A. Albrecht
A. Balbi
A. de la Macorra
A. Masiero
A.G. Riess
A.H. Guth
A.R. Liddle
B. Ratra
B. Spokoiny
C. Wetterich
D.W. Jordan
E.J. Copeland
E.J. Copeland
F. Rosati
G. Felder
G. Huey
G. Huey
I. Zlatev
J.A. Frieman
K. Choi
K. Dimopoulos
L.H. Ford
M. Peloso
M.S. Turner
N. J. Nunes
N.A. Bahcall
N.D. Birrell
P. Binétruy
P. Brax
P. Brax
P. de Bernardis
P. Parsons
P.G. Ferreira
P.G. Ferreira
P.J. Steinhardt
P.J.E. Peebles
P.J.E. Peebles
R. Brustein
R.R. Caldwell
S. C. C. Ng
S. Perlmutter
S.C.C. Ng
T. Barreiro
T. Barreiro
T. Barreiro
Publication date: 1 January 2001
Publisher: 'American Physical Society (APS)'
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Abstract

We develop a framework to study the phase space of a system consisting of a scalar field rolling down an arbitrary potential with varying slope and a background fluid, in a cosmological setting. We give analytical approximate solutions of the field evolution and discuss applications of its features to the issues of quintessence, moduli stabilisation and quintessential inflation.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in PR