Model independent results for the inflationary epoch and the breaking of the degeneracy of models of inflation

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/11/006zbMATH Open1486.83139arXiv2003.09420OpenAlexW3097738333MaRDI QIDQ5035267FDOQ5035267

Authors: G. German 

Publication date: 21 February 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We address the problem of determining inflationary characteristics in a model independent way. We start from a recently proposed equation which allows to accurately calculate the value of the inflaton at horizon crossing $ph{i}_k$. We then use an equivalent form of this equation to write a formula that relates the number of e-folds from horizon crossing to the pivot scale $N_{ke}+N_{ep}$ with the tensor-to-scalar index $r$, hence a general bound for $N_{ke}+N_{ep}$ follows. $N_{ke}$ is the number of e-folds from the scale factor $a_k$ during inflation to the end of inflation at $a_e$ and $N_{ep}$ is the number of e-folds from $a_e$ to the pivot scale factor $a_p$. In particular, at present $r<0.063$ implies $N_{ke}+N_{ep}<112.5$ e-folds at $k=k_p$ and 128.1 e-folds at the present scale with wavenumber mode $k_0$. We also give a lower bound to the size of the universe during the inflationary epoch that gave rise to the current observable universe. We also discussed the problem of degeneracy of inflationary models and argue that this degeneration can only be resolved by studying model predictions from the reheating epoch.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.09420

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zbMATH Keywords

inflationphysics of the early universeparticle physics-cosmology connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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