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
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 depends on the form of the axion potential. We derive analytic expressions and provide general templates for for various types of the spectator axion potential. Furthermore, we explore the detectability of the oscillatory feature, which is present in 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