A new branch of inflationary speed limits
Abstract We present a new mechanism for inflation which exhibits a speed limit on scalar motion, generating accelerated expansion even on a steep potential. This arises from explicitly integrating out the short modes of additional fields coupled to the inflaton ϕ via a dimension six operator, yieldi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2021)199 |