Quantum modes in DBI inflation: exact solutions and constraints from vacuum selection

Details Quantum modes in DBI inflation: exact solutions and constraints from vacuum selection Quantum modes in DBI inflation: exact solutions and constraints from vacuum selection

2007-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/0712.2043v2

Phys.Rev.D77:103517,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, LaTeX; V2: version submitted to PRD. References added, minor error in text corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.77.103517

We study a two-parameter family of exactly solvable inflation models with variable sound speed, and derive a corresponding exact expression for the spectrum of curvature perturbations. We generalize this expression to the slow roll case, and derive an approximate expression for the scalar spectral index valid to second order in slow roll. We apply the result to the case of DBI inflation, and show that for certain choices of slow roll parameters, the Bunch-Davies limit (a) does not exist, or (b) is sensitive to stringy physics in the bulk, which in principle can have observable signatures in the primordial power spectrum.

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