A simple supergravity model of inflation constrained with Planck 2018 data
Abstract
We study a model of inflation based on supergravity essentially depending on one effective parameter. Under a field transformation we show that this model turns out to be equivalent to a previously studied supergravity model known to be ruled out with the original choice of the parameter. Such parameter measures the slope of the potential at observable scales. Through a Bayesian parameter estimation, it is shown how this model is compatible with recent CMB temperature measurements by {\it Planck 2018} giving rise to a simple, viable, single field model of inflation. The tensor to scalar ratio constraint is found to be with negative running. We discuss how observables are invariant under the field transformation which leaves unaltered the slow-roll parameters. As a consequence the use of one presentation of the model or its field-transformed version is purely a matter of convenience.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1909.02019,
title = {A simple supergravity model of inflation constrained with Planck 2018 data},
author = {Gabriel Germán and Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Francisco X. Linares Cedeño and Ariadna Montiel and J. Alberto Vázquez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.02019},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures. Final version accepted for publication in PRD