Particle physics models of inflation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-04-22 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Inflation models are compared with observation on the assumption that the curvature perturbation is generated from the vacuum fluctuation of the inflaton field. The focus is on single-field models with canonical kinetic terms, classified as small- medium- and large-field according to the variation of the inflaton field while cosmological scales leave the horizon. Small-field models are constructed according to the usual paradigm for beyond Standard Model physics
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0702128,
title = {Particle physics models of inflation},
author = {D H Lyth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0702128},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Based on a talk given at the 22nd IAP Colloquium, ``Inflation +25'', Paris, June 2006 Curve omitted from final Figure