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Generalized Hilltop Inflation

Authors :
Lillepalu, Helena Grete
Racioppi, Antonio
Source :
Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2023) 138:894
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

We study a generalized version of hilltop inflation where the standard hilltop potential has been raised to a power and we allow fractional numbers for both the original hilltop power ($m$) and the overall exponent ($n$). In the parameter space studied, agreement with the latest experimental constraints favors high values for $m$ and low values for $n$. Finally, we also find that in all the configurations studied, the inflationary scale always sits around the grand unification scale.<br />Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures, matches the published version

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2023) 138:894
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2211.02426
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04512-1