
arXiv: 0911.3994
The possibility that the non-minimal coupling inflation could be eternal is investigated. We calculate the quantum fluctuation of the inflaton in a Hubble time and find that it has the same value as in the minimal case in the slow-roll limit. Armed with this result, we have studied some concrete non-minimal inflationary models including the chaotic inflation and the natural inflation while the inflaton is non-minimally coupled to the gravity and we find that these non-minimal inflations could be eternal in some parameter regions.
9 pages, 2 figures
High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, eternal inflation, non-minimal coupling, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), inflation, cosmology, Relativistic cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, eternal inflation, non-minimal coupling, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), inflation, cosmology, Relativistic cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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