Constraints on brane inflation from WMAP3
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-01 v1 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Considerable and ongoing effort is made to identify promising scalar field candidates in string theory to drive a cosmological period of inflation. At stake is the possibility that fundamental string parameters could be encoded in observables such as the CMB perturbation spectrum. In this contribution, we hold a concrete model of string inflation (KKLMMT) up against WMAP3 and discuss the constraints obtained.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.4891,
title = {Constraints on brane inflation from WMAP3},
author = {Larissa Lorenz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4891},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of the workshop JGRG 17 (Nagoya, Japan, December 2007)