| Extended Slow-Roll Conditions and Rapid-Roll Conditions (2008) | |||||||||
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| We derive slow-roll conditions for a scalar field which is non-minimally coupled with gravity in a consistent manner and express spectral indices of scalar/tensor perturbations in terms of the slow-roll parameters. The conformal invariance of the curvature perturbation is proved without linear approximations. Rapid-roll conditions are also derived, and the relation with the slow-roll conditions is discussed.. Comment: 15 pages, published version | |||||||||
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