2005/02/03 by Philippe Brax, Jerome Martin, Jérôme Martin · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.71.063530
published as Phys.Rev.D71:063530,2005 · 16 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2005/02/03 · openalex publication_date 2005/03/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The evolution of the quintessence field during a phase of chaotic inflation is studied. The inflaton \ensuremathφ and the quintesssence field Q are described in a supergravity framework where the coupling between the inflaton and quintessence is induced by nonrenormalizable operators suppressed by the Planck mass. We show that the resulting quintessence potential during inflation possesses a time-dependent minimum playing the role of an attractor. The presence of this attractor forces the quintessence field to be small during inflation. These initial conditions are such that the quintessence field is on track now.