Starobinsky-Type Inflation from $\alpha'$-Corrections
| Autor: | Broy, Benedict J., Ciupke, David, Pedro, Francisco G., Westphal, Alexander |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | JCAP01(2016)001 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/001 |
| Popis: | Working in the Large Volume Scenario (LVS) of IIB Calabi-Yau flux compactifications, we construct inflationary models from recently computed higher derivative $(\alpha')^3$-corrections. Inflation is driven by a Kaehler modulus whose potential arises from the aforementioned corrections, while we use the inclusion of string loop effects just to ensure the existence of a graceful exit when necessary. The effective inflaton potential takes a Starobinsky-type form $V=V_0(1-e^{-\nu\phi})^2$, where we obtain one set-up with $\nu=-1/\sqrt{3}$ and one with $\nu=2/\sqrt{3}$ corresponding to inflation occurring for increasing or decreasing $\phi$ respectively. The inflationary observables are thus in perfect agreement with PLANCK, while the two scenarios remain observationally distinguishable via slightly varying predictions for the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Both set-ups yield $r\simeq (2\ldots 7)\,\times 10^{-3}$. They hence realise inflation with moderately large fields $\left(\Delta\phi\sim 6\thinspace M_{Pl}\right)$ without saturating the Lyth bound. Control over higher corrections relies in part on tuning underlying microscopic parameters, and in part on intrinsic suppressions. The intrinsic part of control arises as a leftover from an approximate effective shift symmetry at parametrically large volume. Comment: 29 pages, 6 figures; v2: clarifications and refs added |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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