Can power spectrum observations rule out slow-roll inflation?
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH (United Kingdom)
Description
The spectral index of scalar perturbations is an important observable that allows us to learn about inflationary physics. In particular, a detection of a significant deviation from a constant spectral index could enable us to rule out the simplest class of inflation models. We investigate whether future observations could rule out canonical single-field slow-roll inflation given the parameters allowed by current observational constraints. We find that future measurements of a constant running (or running of the running) of the spectral index over currently available scales are unlikely to achieve this. However, there remains a large region of parameter space (especially when considering the running of the running) for falsifying the assumed class of slow-roll models if future observations accurately constrain a much wider range of scales.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/01/019Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2018
- Journal Issue
- 01
- Journal Page Range
- p. 019
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 51061763
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CURRENTS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; PERTURBATION THEORY; SIMULATION; SPACE; SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS