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2020年1月

Stochastic inflation with an extremely large number of e-folds

Physics Letters B
  • Naoya Kitajima
  • ,
  • Yuichiro Tada
  • ,
  • Fuminobu Takahashi

記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135097

We propose a class of single-field, slow-roll inflation models in which a
typical number of $e$-folds can be extremely large. The key point is to
introduce a very shallow local minimum near the top of the potential in a
hilltop inflation model. In particular, a typical number of $e$-folds is
enhanced if classical behavior dominates around the local minimum such that the
inflaton probability distribution is drifted to the local minimum as a whole.
After the inflaton escapes from the local minimum due to the stochastic
dynamics, the ordinary slow-roll inflation follows and it can generate the
primordial density perturbation consistent with observation. Interestingly, our
scenario inherits the advantages of the old and new inflation: the typical
$e$-folds can be extremely large as in the old inflation, and slow-roll
inflation naturally follows after the stochastic regime as in the new
inflation. In our numerical example, the typical number of $e$-folds can be as
large as $10^{10^{10 } }$, which is large enough for various light scalars such
the QCD axion to reach the Bunch-Davies distribution.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135097
arXiv
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1908.08694
URL
http://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08694v2
URL
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08694v2 本文へのリンクあり
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135097
  • ISSN : 0370-2693
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 67511198
  • arXiv ID : arXiv:1908.08694

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