Published May 15, 2002 | Version v1
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

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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

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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

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