Published March 1, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Large slow roll parameters in single field inflation

  • 1. Department of Physics and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85827-1404 (United States)

Description

We initially consider two simple situations where inflationary slow roll parameters are large and modes no longer freeze out shortly after exiting the horizon, treating both cases analytically. By modes, we refer to the comoving curvature perturbation R. We then consider applications to transient phases where the slow roll parameters can become large, especially in the context of the common 'fast-roll' inflation frequently used as a mechanism to explain the anomalously low scalar power at low l in the CMB. These transient cases we treat numerically. We find when ε, the first slow roll parameter, and only ε is large, modes decay outside the horizon, and when δ, the second slow roll parameter, is large, modes grow outside the horizon. When multiple slow roll parameters are large the behavior in general is more complicated, but we nevertheless show in the 'fast-roll' inflation case, modes grow outside the horizon

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/03/028

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
03
Journal Page Range
p. 028
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47095875
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL INFLATION; DISTURBANCES; FREEZING OUT; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; RELICT RADIATION; SCALARS; TRANSIENTS
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SEPARATION PROCESSES