Slow Roll Inflation: A Somehow Different Perspective
  In this note we point out that, contrary to the standard point of view, slow
roll inflation is due to high gravitational friction. We show that the
requirement of slow roll coincides with the requirement of a flat scalar field
potential in the case of minimally coupled scalar field. In this sense, the
search for a successful inflationary theory may be more fruitful by shifting
the focus on models with high gravitational friction. We review then a
gravitational mechanism, the so called "Gravitationally Enhanced Friction"
mechanism, such that high gravitational friction is dynamically generated
during inflation allowing even steep (i.e. non-flat) scalar potential to
inflate.
