Systematics of multi-field effects at the end of warped brane inflation

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/011zbMATH Open1245.83045arXiv0807.1927OpenAlexW2102164185WikidataQ63353898 ScholiaQ63353898MaRDI QIDQ445648FDOQ445648

Jinn-Ouk Gong, Heng-Yu Chen, Gary Shiu

Publication date: 26 August 2012

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate in the context of brane inflation the possibility of additional light scalar fields generating significant power spectrum and non-Gaussianities at the end of inflation affecting the CMB scale observations. We consider the specific mechanism outlined by Lyth and describe the necessary criteria for it to be potentially important in a warped throat. We also discuss different mechanisms for uplifting the vacuum energy which can lead to different dominant contributions of the inflaton potential near the end of inflation. We then apply such criteria to one of the most detailed brane inflation models to date, and show that inflation can persist towards the tip of the throat, however for the specific stable inflationary trajectory, the light residual isometry direction becomes degenerate. We also estimate the effects for other inflationary trajectories with non-degenerate residual isometries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1927

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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