Inflation from a Weyl-flat null origin
Abstract
We show that a Weyl-flat null origin of inflation need not be in tension with present observations. For canonical single-field inflation, any background with as is asymptotically power-law, inherits the same Weyl-flat null past boundary, and reconstructs an exponential tail in field space. This identifies the origin as an asymptotic universality class rather than a rigid exact solution. We study a minimal deformation, with , which preserves the asymptotic geometry, yields a smooth exit, and produces realistic finite- phenomenology. Solving the scalar and tensor mode equations directly in e-fold time, we find a viable corridor with in the Planck-preferred range and , including reheating-compatible benchmarks. The result is a calculable single-field framework in which a Penrose-compatible Weyl-flat inflationary origin survives as a realistic and testable possibility.
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@article{arxiv.2604.18641,
title = {Inflation from a Weyl-flat null origin},
author = {Malaika Arshad and Jehanzad Zafar and Ahdab Althukair and Bilal Ahmad},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.18641},
year = {2026}
}
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