Let Effective Field Theory of inflation flow: stochastic generation of models with red/blue tensor tilt

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/11/037zbMATH Open1486.83129arXiv2006.10781OpenAlexW3110156591MaRDI QIDQ5035289FDOQ5035289

Nicola Bartolo, Davide Maino, Sabino Matarrese, Giulia Capurri

Publication date: 21 February 2022

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

Abstract: We extend the method of Flow Equations to the Effective Field Theory framework of inflation, in order to investigate the observable predictions of a very broad class of inflationary models. Focusing our attention on the gravitational-wave sector, we derive a general expression for the consistency relation for effective models and provide a numerical implementation which allows to study how the generated models populate the $(r,nt)$ plane. We analyse $5imes10^4$ realizations of inflationary scenarios that respect the Null-Energy Condition ($epsilon>0$) and $5imes10^4$ realizations that violate it ($epsilon>0$). In both cases, 90% of the viable models are below the most recent upper bound on the tensor-to-scalar ratio from Planck and BICEP2/Keck Array BK15 data: $r_{0.002}<0.056$ at 95 % CL. We find that general EFT inflationary models with $epsilon>0$ are typically characterized by $n_t<0$, whereas the vast majority of NEC-violating models presents a blue-tilted spectrum ($n_t>0$). Since a blue tensor spectral index implies more power on small scales, this result is of considerable interest in view of a possible direct detection of the primordial gravitational-wave background.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.10781

zbMATH Keywords

inflationphysics of the early universeprimordial gravitational waves (theory)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Matrix models and tensor models for quantum field theory (81T32) Effective quantum field theories (81T12)

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