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Tensor Spectra Templates for Axion-Gauge Fields Dynamics during Inflation

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2019-06-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

SU(2)SU(2) gauge fields can generate large gravitational waves during inflation, if they are coupled to an axion which can be either the inflaton or a spectator field. The shape of the produced tensor power spectrum Ph\mathcal{P}_h depends on the form of the axion potential. We derive analytic expressions and provide general templates for Ph\mathcal{P}_h for various types of the spectator axion potential. Furthermore, we explore the detectability of the oscillatory feature, which is present in Ph\mathcal{P}_h in the case of an axion monodromy model, by possible future CMB B-mode polarization observations.

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@article{arxiv.1812.03667,
  title  = {Tensor Spectra Templates for Axion-Gauge Fields Dynamics during Inflation},
  author = {Tomohiro Fujita and Evangelos I. Sfakianakis and Maresuke Shiraishi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.03667},
  year   = {2019}
}

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31 pages, 11 figures

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