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We study a class of generalized inflation models in which the inflaton is coupled to the Ricci scalar by a general $f(\phi, R)$ term. The scalar power spectrum, the spectral index, the running of the spectral index, the tensor mode spectrum…

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We investigate reheating in the string-theory-motivated K\"ahler Moduli Inflation I (KMII) potential, coupled to a light scalar field $\chi$ and produce constraints and forecasts based on Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-05 Islam Khan , Aaron C. Vincent , Guy Worthey

We study the two-field warm inflation models with a double quadratic potential and a linear temperature dependent dissipative coefficient. We derived the evolution equation of all kinds of perturbations without assuming slow-roll…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-23 Yang-yang Wang , Xiao-Min Zhang , Jian-Yang Zhu

Determination of whether the Harrison--Zel'dovich spectrum for primordial scalar perturbations is consistent with observations is sensitive to assumptions about the reionization scenario. In light of this result, we revisit constraints on…

If a coupling between the inflaton and the Gauss-Bonnet term is introduced, many models of inflation that were ruled out by the most recent Planck data can be made viable again. The predictions for the scalar spectral index and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-22 Kamil Mudrunka , Kazunori Nakayama

After the release of the PLANCK data, it is evident that inflationary paradigm has stood the test of time. Even though, it is difficult to realise inflationary paradigm in a particle physics model as the present observations have ruled out…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-29 Suratna Das , Girish Kumar Chakravarty , Gaetano Lambiase , Subhendra Mohanty

By using the relations between the slow-roll parameters and the power spectrum for the single field slow-roll inflation, we derive the scalar spectral tilt $n_s$ and the tensor to scalar ratio $r$ for the constant slow-roll inflation and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-06 Qing Gao

In this talk, I will explain how to reduce the spectral index to be n_s=0.96 for supernatural inflation. I will also show the constraint to the reheating temperature from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis of both thermal and non-thermal gravitino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-20 Chia-Min Lin

The combined Planck, BICEP/Keck Array and BAO measurements of the scalar spectral index and the tensor-to-scalar ratio from the cosmic microwave background observations severely constrain or completely rule out several models of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-13 Diganta Das , Shreyas Revankar

The first year WMAP measurement of the CMB temperature anisotropy is intriguingly consistent with a larger running of the inflationary scalar spectral index than would be expected for single-field inflation. We revisit the issue of a large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 James M. Cline , Loison Hoi

We investigated inflation in the Higgs-$R^2$ model and assumed the trajectory to follow a single-field approximation called minimal two-field mode. Using this approximation, we tried to constrain the Higgs' non-minimal coupling $\xi$.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Norma Sidik Risdianto

The reconstruction of an inflationary universe considering the parametrization of the scalar spectral index as a function of the number of $e-$folds in the framework of a modified Friedmann equation is analyzed. In this context, we examine…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-12 Ramon Herrera , Carlos Rios

The canonical multi-scalar field inflation where the kinetic and potential terms are sum-separable is ruled out by the current observations for the chaotic-type potential $V=\sum_{i} \mu_{i} \phi_{i}^{p}$. This paper explores the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-29 Fereshteh Felegary , Seyed Ali Hosseini Mansoori , Tahere Fallahi Serish , Phongpichit Channuie

We analyse one-loop radiative corrections to the inflationary potential in the theory, where inflation is driven by the Standard Model Higgs field. We show that inflation is possible provided the Higgs mass m_H lies in the interval…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-28 Fedor L. Bezrukov , Amaury Magnin , Mikhail Shaposhnikov

In this work, we revisit the Witten-O'Raifeartaigh model of inflation, in which the potential takes a $\operatorname{log}^2(\phi/M)$ form, when the scalar field is non-minimally coupled to gravity. We investigate the impact of the coupling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-10 F. B. M. dos Santos , R. Silva

We have re-examined Mukhanov parametrization for inflationary equation of state, $1+\omega=\frac{\beta}{({N}+1)^\alpha}$, in the light of Planck 2018 results and latest bound of tensor-to-scalar ratio employing Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-27 Barun Kumar Pal

We investigate a realistic non-supersymmetric hybrid inflation model incorporating right-handed neutrinos and assess its viability in light of recent cosmological observations. At tree level, the inflaton potential yields a blue-tilted…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-14 Waqas Ahmed , Saleh O. Allehabi , Mansoor Ur Rehman

A scenario with two subsequent periods of inflationary expansion in the very early universe is examined. The model is based on a potential motivated by symmetries being found in field theory at high energy. For various parameter sets of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 Simon Schettler , Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich

We study the polynomial chaotic inflation model with a single scalar field in a double well quartic potential which has recently been shown to be consistent with Planck data. In particular, we study the effects of lifting the degeneracy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-21 R. Kabir , A. Mukherjee , D. Lohiya

An inflationary model in the framework of noncommutative space-time may generate a nontrivial running of the scalar spectral index, but usually induces a large tensor-to-scalar ratio simultaneously. With the latest observational data from…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-11 Nan Li , Xin Zhang