Published October 2014
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Journal article
Axion monodromy inflation with multi-natural modulations
- 1. Theory Center, KEK, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)
- 2. Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810 (Japan)
- 3. Department of Life Science and Technology, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo 062-8605 (Japan)
Description
We study parameter space in the axion monodromy inflation corrected by dynamically generated terms involving with the axion. The potential has the linear term with multiple sinusoidal functions, which play a role in generating modulations. We show that this potential leads both to a large tensor-to-scalar ratio rT ∼ 0.16 and to a large negative running of spectral index αs ∼ - (0.02 -0.03), ameliorating the tension between the result of the PLANCK and that of the BICEP2. To realize these results, a small hierarchy among dynamical scales is required whereas the decay constants in sinusoidal functions remain sub-Planckian in this model. We discuss also reheating process after the inflation in a bottom-up approach
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/025Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2014
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 025
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46081268
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGICAL INFLATION; DECAY; FUNCTIONS; MODULATION; POTENTIALS; SCALARS; SPACE; TENSORS