English

Regularization of Single Field Inflation Models

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2023-01-18 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

There are many single field inflationary models that are consistent with the recent Planck 2018 measurements of the spectral index nsn_s and tensor-to-scalar ratio rr. Despite good agreement with observational data some of these models suffer from having unregularized potentials which would produce a collapsing universe shortly after the end of inflation. In this paper we show that how one chooses to correct the behaviour potential towards the end of inflation can have a significant effect on the inflationary predictions of the model, specifically in the case of quartic hilltop and radiatively corrected Higgs inflation.

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@article{arxiv.2208.09390,
  title  = {Regularization of Single Field Inflation Models},
  author = {Josh Hoffmann and David Sloan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09390},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

25 pages, 25 figures

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