Power spectrum of inflationary attractors
Inflationary attractors predict the spectral index and tensor-to-scalar ratio to take specific values that are consistent with Planck. An example is the universal attractor for models with a generalized nonminimal coupling, leading to Starobinsky inflation. In this paper we demonstrate that it also...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2015-01, Vol.91 (2), Article 023514 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Inflationary attractors predict the spectral index and tensor-to-scalar ratio to take specific values that are consistent with Planck. An example is the universal attractor for models with a generalized nonminimal coupling, leading to Starobinsky inflation. In this paper we demonstrate that it also predicts a specific relation between the amplitude of the power spectrum and the number of e-folds. The length and height of the inflationary plateau are related via the nonminimal coupling: in a wide variety of examples, the observed power normalization leads to at least 55 flat e-foldings. Prior to this phase, the inflationary predictions vary and can account for the observational indications of power loss at large angular scales. |
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ISSN: | 1550-7998 1550-2368 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.023514 |