Abstract
We investigate the Trans-Planckian Censorship Conjecture (TCC) and the arising bounds on the inflationary cosmology caused by that conjecture. In that investigation, we analyze TCC bounds for both Jordan and Einstein frames in the presence of a generic non-minimal coupling (to gravity) term. That term allows us to use the functional freedom it brings to the inflationary Lagrangian as an effective Planck mass. In this sense, we argue one should consider the initial field value of the effective Planck mass for the TCC. We show that as a result, one can remove the TCC upper bounds without the need to produce a new process or go beyond the standard inflation mechanism, with the generalized non-minimal coupling, and for Higgs-like symmetry-breaking potentials.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 043 |
Journal | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Volume | 2021 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab.
Keywords
- inflation
- string theory and cosmology
- supersymmetry and cosmology
- transplanckian physics