Can inflation explain small density fluctuations in the universe?

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We investigate an inflationary scenario leading to a power spectrum for the scale dependence of primordial density fluctuations, Δϱ/ϱ ~ l-ν. The model has no very small dimensionless parameters and Δϱ/ϱ is of order unity for scales lE corresponding to the horizon near the end of inflation. The small primordial density fluctuations on galactic scales lG are explained by the huge ratio lG/lE, and are therefore a direct consequence of the many e-foldings of the scale factor during inflation. Possible observable consequences for the structure formation in the universe are shortly addressed.
This research was mainly performed during a visit at ITP, Santa Barbara, and supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY82-17853, supplemented by funds from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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