
We construct a class of viable bouncing models that are conformally related to cosmological inflation. There are three main difficulties in constructing such a model: (i) A stable (attractor) solution, (ii) A non-singular bounce, and (iii) to bypass the no-go theorem that states that simultaneously maintaining the observational bounds on the tensor-to-scalar ratio and the non-Gaussian scalar spectrum are not possible. We show that a non-minimal coupling of the scalar field helps to bypass these difficulties and provides a viable bouncing model with a naturally occurring reheating epoch briefly after the bouncing phase.
5 pages, 3 figures, accepted in Phys. Lett. B
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics, QC1-999, Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Relativistic cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics, QC1-999, Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Relativistic cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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