Scalar perturbations from brane-world inflation with curvature effects
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Madrid (Spain); Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa (Spain)
- National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan)
In this paper, we consider a generalization of the Randall-Sundrum single brane-world scenario (RS2). More precisely, the generalization is described through curvature corrections, corresponding to a Gauss-Bonnet term in the bulk and a Hilbert-Einstein term, as well as the strength of the induced gravity term, on the brane. We are mainly interested in analyzing the early inflationary era of the brane, which we model within the extreme slow-roll limit, i.e., under a de Sitter like brane inflation, where the inflaton field is confined on the brane. We compute the scalar perturbations in this model and compare our results with those previously obtained for the RS2 scenario with and without an induced gravity term on the brane or a Gauss-Bonnet term in the bulk. The amplitude of the scalar perturbations is decreased as compared with a pure RS2 model. In addition, the effect from the Gauss-Bonnet correction in an induced gravity brane-world model is to decrease the amplitude of the scalar perturbations, and a similar result is obtained for the induced gravity effect in a Gauss-Bonnet brane-world. In general, in the high energy limit the amplitude is highly suppressed by the Gauss-Bonnet effect. Finally, we constrain the model using the latest WMAP7 data.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas; Fundcao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia; Taiwan National Science Council; Taiwan National Center for Theoretical Sciences (NCTS); Spanish-Taiwanese Interchange Program
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; JAE-DOC064; PTDC/FIS/111032/2009; NSC 97-2112-M-002-026-MY3; 2011TW0010; NSC 101-2923-M-002-006-MY3
- OSTI ID:
- 1650376
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1101634
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 86, Issue 8; ISSN 1550-7998
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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