Perturbation Spectra from Intermediate Inflation

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1993-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9303011v1

Phys.Rev.D47:5219-5223,1993

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, LaTeX, SUSSEX-AST 93/2-1

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.47.R5219

We investigate models of `intermediate' inflation, where the scale factor $a(t)$ grows as $a(t) = \exp (A t^f)$, $0 < f < 1$, $A$ constant. These solutions arise as exact analytic solutions for a given class of potentials for the inflaton $\phi$. For a simpler class of potentials falling off as a power of $\phi$ they arise as slow-roll solutions, and in particular they include, for $f = 2/3$, the class of potentials which give the Harrison--Zel'dovich spectrum. The perturbation spectral index $n$ can be greater than unity on astrophysical scales. It is also possible to generate substantial gravitational waves while keeping the scalar spectrum close to scale-invariance; this latter possibility performs well when confronted with most observational data.

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