From New to Large Field Inflation: Comparison with WMAP3

Details From New to Large Field Inflation: Comparison with WMAP3 From New to Large Field Inflation: Comparison with WMAP3

2007-01-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701052v1

AIP Conf.Proc.878:263-269,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Based on a talk given by Q. Shafi at the 2nd International Conference on The Dark Side of the Uni

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2409096

We briefly summarize and update a class of inflationary models from the early eighties based on a quartic (Coleman-Weinberg) potential for a gauge singlet scalar (inflaton) field. For vacuum energy scales comparable to the grand unification scale, the scalar spectral index n_s=0.94-0.97, in very good agreement with the WMAP three year results. The tensor to scalar ratio r<~0.14 while alpha=dn_s/d ln k=~-10^-3. For vacuum energy scales >~10^16 GeV, the inflationary scenario switches from `new' to `large-field' (V\propto\phi^2) inflation. An SO(10) version naturally explains the observed baryon asymmetry via non-thermal leptogenesis.

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