An Overview of the Anomaly-Induced Inflation

Abstract

The anomaly-induced inflation (modified Starobinsky model) is based on the application of the effective quantum field theory approach to the Early Universe. We present a brief general review of this model with a special attention to the existing difficulties and unsolved problems.

Comments: Talk presented at IRGA2003 (Renormalization Group and Anomalies in Gravitation and Cosmology, Ouro Preto, Brazil, 16-23 March, 2003)