What we can learn from the spectral index of the tensor mode
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Publication:2013218
DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.01.053zbMATH Open1367.83108arXiv1503.05267OpenAlexW2297309813MaRDI QIDQ2013218FDOQ2013218
Authors: Kazunori Kohri, Chia-Min Lin, Tomohiro Matsuda 
Publication date: 3 August 2017
Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: If the beginning of inflation is defined at the moment when the vacuum energy of the inflaton starts to dominate, the energy density of the other fields at that moment is (by definition) comparable to the inflaton. Although the fraction will be small at the horizon exit due to the inflationary expansion, they can alter the scale dependence of the spectrum. At the same time, velocity of the inflaton field may not coincide with the slow-roll (attractor) velocity. Those dynamics could be ubiquitous but can easily alter the scale dependence of the spectrum. Since the scale dependence is currently used to constrain or even exclude inflation models, it is very important to measure its shift, which is due to the dynamics that does not appear in the original inflation model. Considering typical examples, we show that the spectral index of the tensor mode is a useful measure of such effect. Precise measurement of the higher runnings of the scalar mode will be helpful in discriminating the source.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.05267
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