Power Spectrum and Signatures for Cascade Inflation

Details Power Spectrum and Signatures for Cascade Inflation Power Spectrum and Signatures for Cascade Inflation

2006-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607001v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

14

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The power spectrum of M-theory cascade inflation is derived. It possesses three distinctive signatures: a decisive power suppression at small scales, oscillations around the scales that cross the horizon when the inflaton potential jumps and stepwise decrease in the scalar spectral index. All three properties result from features in the inflaton potential. Cascade inflation realizes assisted inflation in heterotic M-theory and is driven by non-perturbative interactions of N M5-branes. The features in the inflaton potential are generated whenever two M5-branes collide with the boundaries. The derived small-scale power suppression serves as a possible explanation for the dearth of observed dwarf galaxies in the Milky Way halo. The oscillations, furthermore, allow to directly probe M-theory by measurements of the spectral index and to distinguish cascade inflation observationally from other string inflation models.

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