Eur. Phys. J. C (2010) 67: 499-505
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1264-z

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Intermediate inflation in Gauss–Bonnet brane world

Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2950, Casilla, 4059, Valparaíso, Chile

^* e-mail: ramon.herrera@ucv.cl

Received: 28 October 2009
Revised: 28 December 2009
Published online: 13 April 2010

Abstract

In this article we study an intermediate inflationary universe models using the Gauss–Bonnet brane. General conditions required for these models to be realizable are derived and discussed. We use recent astronomical observations to constraint the parameters appearing in the model.