Towards universal axion inflation and reheating in string theory

The recent BICEP2 measurements of B-modes indicate a large tensor-to-scalar ratio in inflationary cosmology, which points towards trans-Planckian evolution of the inflaton. We propose possible string-theory realizations thereof. Schemes for natural and axion monodromy inflation are presented in the...

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Main Authors: Ralph Blumenhagen, Erik Plauschinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314005747