Can CMB data constrain the inflationary field range?
Abstract
We study to what extent the spectral index n{sub s} and the tensor-to-scalar ratio r determine the field excursion Δφ during inflation. We analyse the possible degeneracy of Δ φ by comparing three broad classes of inflationary models, with different dependence on the number of e-foldings N, to benchmark models of chaotic inflation with monomial potentials. The classes discussed cover a large set of inflationary single field models. We find that the field range is not uniquely determined for any value of (n{sub s}, r); one can have the same predictions as chaotic inflation and a very different Δ φ. Intriguingly, we find that the field range cannot exceed an upper bound that appears in different classes of models. Finally, Δ φ can even become sub-Planckian, but this requires to go beyond the single-field slow-roll paradigm.
- Authors:
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- Instituto de Física Teórica IFT-UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Nicolás Cabrera 13-15, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
- Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen (Netherlands)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22375901
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2014; Journal Issue: 09; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 97 MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING; BENCHMARKS; CHAOS THEORY; COSMOLOGICAL INFLATION; DATA; TENSORS
Citation Formats
Garcia-Bellido, Juan, Roest, Diederik, Scalisi, Marco, and Zavala, Ivonne. Can CMB data constrain the inflationary field range?. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/006.
Garcia-Bellido, Juan, Roest, Diederik, Scalisi, Marco, & Zavala, Ivonne. Can CMB data constrain the inflationary field range?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/006
Garcia-Bellido, Juan, Roest, Diederik, Scalisi, Marco, and Zavala, Ivonne. 2014.
"Can CMB data constrain the inflationary field range?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/006.
@article{osti_22375901,
title = {Can CMB data constrain the inflationary field range?},
author = {Garcia-Bellido, Juan and Roest, Diederik and Scalisi, Marco and Zavala, Ivonne},
abstractNote = {We study to what extent the spectral index n{sub s} and the tensor-to-scalar ratio r determine the field excursion Δφ during inflation. We analyse the possible degeneracy of Δ φ by comparing three broad classes of inflationary models, with different dependence on the number of e-foldings N, to benchmark models of chaotic inflation with monomial potentials. The classes discussed cover a large set of inflationary single field models. We find that the field range is not uniquely determined for any value of (n{sub s}, r); one can have the same predictions as chaotic inflation and a very different Δ φ. Intriguingly, we find that the field range cannot exceed an upper bound that appears in different classes of models. Finally, Δ φ can even become sub-Planckian, but this requires to go beyond the single-field slow-roll paradigm.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2014/09/006},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22375901},
journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 09,
volume = 2014,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}