Published May 15, 2002 | Version v1
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Spectrum of density perturbations produced during inflation to leading order in a general slow-roll approximation

  • 1. Department of Physics, KAIST, Taejeon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The standard calculation of the spectrum of density perturbations produced during inflation assumes (i) vertical bar n-1 vertical bar <<1 and (ii) vertical bar dn/d ln k vertical bar << vertical bar n-1|. Slow-roll predicts and observations require (i), but neither slow-roll nor observations require (ii). In this paper I derive formulas for the spectrum P, spectral index n, and running of the spectral index dn/d ln k, assuming only (i) and not (ii). I give a large class of observationally viable examples in which these general slow-roll formulas are accurate but the standard slow-roll formulas for the spectral index and running are incorrect

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 103508-103508.17
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35039512
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; ORIGIN; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; DATA; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL DATA

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society