Effect of reheating on predictions following multiple-field inflation
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We study the sensitivity of cosmological observables to the reheating phase following inflation driven by many scalar fields. We describe a method which allows semi-analytic treatment of the impact of perturbative reheating on cosmological perturbations using the sudden decay approximation. Focusing on $\calN$-quadratic inflation, we show how the scalar spectral index and tensor-to-scalar ratio are affected by the rates at which the scalar fields decay into radiation. We find that for certain choices of decay rates, reheating following multiple-field inflation can have a significant impact on the prediction of cosmological observables.
Date Issued
2018-01-16
Date Acceptance
2018-01-01
Citation
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2018, 97 (2)
ISSN
2470-0010
Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Journal / Book Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume
97
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© The Authors
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
ISOCURVATURE PERTURBATIONS
FLUX COMPACTIFICATIONS
DENSITY PERTURBATIONS
PHASE-TRANSITION
UNIVERSE
FLUCTUATIONS
DYNAMICS
MODELS
COSMOLOGY
HORIZON
Notes
4 figures, 10 pages, comments welcome
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 023511
Date Publish Online
2018-01-16