We update the constraints on the power spectra of primordial curvature perturbation and tensor perturbation including Planck data 2015 (P15) and recently released BICEP2/Keck data (BK15), Baryon Acoustic Oscillation data and the Type Ia supernovae data. We find that the upper limits of tensor-to-scalar ratio are 0.061, 0.064 and 0.072 at 95% confidence level (CL) in the ΛCDM+r, ΛCDM+r+αs and ΛCDM+r+αs+βs models respectively, where αs and βs are the running of scalar spectral index and running of running. The inflation model with a concave potential is favored at more than 95% CL. In addition, parametrizing the slow-roll parameter ϵ∼1/Np, where N is the e-folding number before the end of inflation and taken in the range of [50,60] and [14,75] respectively, we conclude that the inflation model with a monomial potential V(ϕ)∼ϕn is disfavored at more than 95% CL, and both the Starobinsky inflation model and brane inflation model are still consistent with the data.
@article{arxiv.1906.01336,
title = {Inflation model selection revisited},
author = {Jun Li and Qing-Guo Huang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.01336},
year = {2023}
}