Horizon feedback inflation

Abstract We consider the effect of the Gibbons–Hawking radiation on the inflaton in the situation where it is coupled to a large number of spectator fields. We argue that this will lead to two important effects – a thermal contribution to the potential and a gradual change in parameters in the Lagra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Malcolm Fairbairn, Tommi Markkanen, David Rodriguez Roman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5830-0