Does Planck really rule out monomial inflation?
- University of Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, FI-00014 Finland (Finland)
We consider the modifications of monomial chaotic inflation models due to radiative corrections induced by inflaton couplings to bosons and/or fermions necessary for reheating. To the lowest order, ignoring gravitational corrections and treating the inflaton as a classical background field, they are of the Coleman-Weinberg type and parametrized by the renormalization scale μ. In cosmology, there are not enough measurements to fix μ so that we end up with a family of models, each having a slightly different slope of the potential. We demonstrate by explicit calculation that within the family of chaotic φ{sup 2} models, some may be ruled out by Planck whereas some remain perfectly viable. In contrast, radiative corrections do not seem to help chaotic φ{sup 4} models to meet the Planck constraints.
- OSTI ID:
- 22370690
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2014, Issue 02; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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