Quantum geometric inflation
Abstract
Geometric Inflation adds an infinite tower of curvature invariants to the Einstein-Hilbert action while preserving certain key features such as leading to second order modified Friedmann equations for FRW backgrounds. Sourcing them with a perfect barotropic fluid can easily produce a slow-roll inflationary regime, no inflaton field is required. In this work, we perform the Wheeler-DeWitt quantization of minisuperspace Geometric Inflation models. First, we construct an effective 1D FRW action and perform the Hamiltonian formulation using both Ostrogradsky's approach and Dirac's algorithm for constrained systems. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian treatment of the perfect fluid is based on Schutz's formalism. Second, we postulate the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and investigate its solutions both analytically and numerically. For radiation we are led to a system of fractional differential equations for which we use Caputo fractional derivative operator. We construct wave packets in momentum space, with the fluid's variable acting as external time parameter.
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BibTeX
@misc{perez2026quantum,
title = {{Quantum geometric inflation}},
author = {Nephtalí Eliceo Martínez Pérez and Cupatitzio Ramírez Romero},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.13019},
eprint = {2610.13019},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13019},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Quantum geometric inflation
AU - Nephtalí Eliceo Martínez Pérez
AU - Cupatitzio Ramírez Romero
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.13019
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13019
AB - Geometric Inflation adds an infinite tower of curvature invariants to the Einstein-Hilbert action while preserving certain key features such as leading to second order modified Friedmann equations for FRW backgrounds. Sourcing them with a perfect barotropic fluid can easily produce a slow-roll inflationary regime, no inflaton field is required. In this work, we perform the Wheeler-DeWitt quantization of minisuperspace Geometric Inflation models. First, we construct an effective 1D FRW action and perform the Hamiltonian formulation using both Ostrogradsky's approach and Dirac's algorithm for constrained systems. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian treatment of the perfect fluid is based on Schutz's formalism. Second, we postulate the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and investigate its solutions both analytically and numerically. For radiation we are led to a system of fractional differential equations for which we use Caputo fractional derivative operator. We construct wave packets in momentum space, with the fluid's variable acting as external time parameter.
ER -