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Reconstructing a general inflationary action

Authors :
Bean, Rachel
Chung, Daniel J. H.
Geshnizjani, Ghazal
Source :
Phys.Rev.D78:023517,2008
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

If inflation is to be considered in an unbiased way, as possibly originating from one of a wide range of underlying theories, then observations need not be simply applied to reconstructing the inflaton potential, V(\phi), or a specific kinetic term, as in DBI inflation, but rather to reconstruct the inflationary action in its entirety. We discuss the constraints that can be placed on a general single field action from measurements of the primordial scalar and tensor fluctuation power spectra and non-Gaussianities. We also present the flow equation formalism for reconstructing a general inflationary Lagrangian, L(X,\phi), with X={1/2}\partial_\mu\phi\partial^\mu\phi, in a general gauge, that reduces to canonical and DBI inflation in the specific gauge \partial L/\partial X = c_s^{-1}.<br />Comment: 16 pages, 1 figure, References added, typos corrected

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys.Rev.D78:023517,2008
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0801.0742
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.023517