Constraints on the non-minimally coupled Witten-O'Raifeartaigh inflation

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2023/07/027MaRDI QIDQ6116512zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors F. B. M. dos Santos, R. Silva, J. S. Alcaniz

Publication date 18 July 2023

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.07260

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological parameters from CMBRinflation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Bosonic systems in quantum theory (81V73) Quantum optics (81V80) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We investigate the impact of a non-minimal coupling of the scalar field with gravity in inflationary models, where a small coupling is allowed. As a concrete example, we consider the Witten-O'Raifeartaigh model, where, in line with other models, the presence of a coupling strength $xi$ can recover concordance of the inflationary parameters with cosmic microwave background (CMB) constraints, provided by the Planck collaboration. We go beyond the slow-roll regime and investigate the impact in the description of CMB anisotropies by performing a statistical analysis of the model with the most recent Planck + Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) data to seek for any indication of a non-zero coupling by data within the model. We find that not only the presence of a non-minimal coupling is seen, but the model has a slight statistical preference when compared with the standard $Lambda$CDM one. We also discuss the results on the minimally-coupled model, which in general, favours the simple setting where the associated mass scale is equal to the reduced Planck mass $M_p$ while being, in general, disfavored concerning the standard model.

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