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Constraining Slow-Roll Inflation in the Presence of Dynamical Dark Energy

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

In this paper we perform a global analysis of the constraints on the inflationary parameters in the presence of dynamical dark energy models from the current observations, including the three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP3) data, Boomerang-2K2, CBI, VSA, ACBAR, SDSS LRG, 2dFGRS and ESSENCE (192 sample). We use the analytic description of the inflationary power spectra in terms of the Horizon-flow parameters {ϵi}\{\epsilon_i\}. With the first order approximation in the slow-roll expansion, we find that the constraints on the Horizon-flow parameters are ϵ1<0.014(95\epsilon_1<0.014 (95% C.L.) and ϵ2=0.034±0.024(1σ)\epsilon_2=0.034\pm0.024 (1\sigma) in the Λ\LambdaCDM model. In the framework of dynamical dark energy models, the constraints become obviously weak, ϵ1<0.022(95\epsilon_1<0.022 (95% C.L.) and ϵ2=0.006±0.039(1σ)\epsilon_2=-0.006\pm0.039 (1\sigma), and the inflation models with a "blue" tilt, which are excluded about 2σ2\sigma in the Λ\LambdaCDM model, are allowed now. With the second order approximation, the constraints on the Horizon-flow parameters are significantly relaxed further. If considering the non-zero ϵ3\epsilon_3, the large running of the scalar spectral index is found for the Λ\LambdaCDM model, as well as the dynamical dark energy models.

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@article{arxiv.0712.2570,
  title  = {Constraining Slow-Roll Inflation in the Presence of Dynamical Dark Energy},
  author = {Jun-Qing Xia and Xinmin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.2570},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in Phys.Lett.B