Published May 15, 2002
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Journal article
Scale dependent spectral index in slow roll inflation
- 1. Department of Physics, KAIST, Taejeon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1433 (United States)
- 3. NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510-0500 (United States)
Description
Recent observations suggest that the spectral index of the primordial perturbations is very close to unity, as expected in models of slow roll inflation. It is still possible for such models to produce spectra which are scale dependent. We present a formula for the spectrum produced by an arbitrary inflaton potential (within the context of slow roll models). This formula explicitly accounts for the possibility of scale dependence agreeing with previous results when the running is small, but also giving accurate results (as opposed to previous formulas) in the more interesting case when running is non-negligible
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.101301;
- arXiv
- arXiv:astro-ph/0109354v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 65
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 101301-101301.4
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35039495
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; FLUCTUATIONS; GRAVITATION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; ORIGIN; PERTURBATION THEORY; SPACE-TIME; THEORETICAL DATA
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; DATA; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL DATA; VARIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society