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On the duality in constant-roll inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-04-30 v1

Abstract

There is a duality in the observables nsn_s, rr and the inflaton potential between large and small ηH\eta_H for the constant-roll inflation if the slow-roll parameter ϵH\epsilon_H is negligible. In general, the duality between ηH\eta_H and ηˉH\bar{\eta}_H does not hold for the background evolution of the inflation. For some particular solutions for the constant-roll inflation with ηH\eta_H being a constant, we find that in the small field approximation, the potential takes the quadratic form and it remains the same when the parameter ηH\eta_H changes to ηˉH=3ηH\bar{\eta}_H=3-\eta_H. If the scalar field is small and the contribution of ϵH\epsilon_H is negligible, we find that there exists the logarithmic duality and the duality between large and small ηH\eta_H for the primordial curvature perturbation in inflationary models with the quadratic potential.

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@article{arxiv.2404.18548,
  title  = {On the duality in constant-roll inflation},
  author = {Yue Wang and Qing Gao and Shengqing Gao and Yungui Gong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.18548},
  year   = {2024}
}

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15 pages

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