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The power spectrum of inflationary attractors

  • 1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Theory Group
  • 2. Univ. of Groningen (Netherlands). Van Swinderen Inst.

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Inflationary attractors predict the spectral index and tensor-to-scalar ratio to take specific values that are consistent with Planck. An example is the universal attractor for models with a generalised non-minimal coupling, leading to Starobinsky inflation. In this letter we demonstrate that it also predicts a specific relation between the amplitude of the power spectrum and the number of e-folds. The length and height of the inflationary plateau are related via the non-minimal coupling: in a wide variety of examples, the observed power normalisation leads to at least 55 flat e-foldings. Prior to this phase, the inflationary predictions vary and can account for the observational indications of power loss at large angular scales.

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5 p.
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0418-9833
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DESY--14-150