On the viability of Locked Inflation
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2020-01-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We review locked inflation and we critically address phenomenological and consistency issues thathave appeared in the literature. A natural window of opportunity is found for the original scenario.Moreover, a simple way to enlarge the parameter space is proposed by considering an equivalentlynatural structure for the locking field. Finally, an estimate of the amount of topological defects atthe end of inflation is given; due to the low inflationary scale, it turns out to be negligible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1907.13565,
title = {On the viability of Locked Inflation},
author = {Michael Zantedeschi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.13565},
year = {2020}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure, v.2 references updated