A New Test of Inflation
Astrophysics
2009-08-18 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We discuss a new test of inflation from the harmonic pattern of peaks in the cosmic microwave background radiation angular power spectrum. By characterizing the features of alternate models and revealing signatures essentially unique to inflation, we show that inflation could be validated by the next generation of experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9602020,
title = {A New Test of Inflation},
author = {Wayne Hu and Martin White},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9602020},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5pgs, revtex, 2 figs.; minor revisions reflect published version; supporting material at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~whu