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Derivative-cubic coefficient of a noncanonical scalar (C=−H3a3​(2Xˉ2P,XX​+34​Xˉ3P,XXX​))

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Physics Branch of physics Cosmology Field theory in cosmology P(X, phi) scalar field theory Cubic curvature action for a P(X, phi) scalar field
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Neglect metric fluctuations and derivatives of ϕˉ​˙​/H, so δX1​=−2Xˉζ˙​/H and δX2​=Xˉ[ζ˙​2−a−2(∇ζ)2]/H2. The coefficient of ζ˙​3 in the cosmic-time action is C=−a3[2Xˉ2P,XX​+(4/3)Xˉ3P,XXX​]/H3. This unfactored form is valid even when P,XX​=0 and a factored ratio would be undefined.

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