Primordial gravitational wave of BICEP2 from dynamical double hybrid inflation

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Abstract

BICEP2 has observed a primordial gravitational wave corresponding to the tensor-to-scalar ratio of 0.16. It seems to require a super-Planckian inflationary model. In this paper, we propose a double hybrid inflation model, where the inflaton potential dynamically changes with the evolution of the inflaton fields. During the first phase of inflation over 7 e-folds, the power spectrum can be almost constant by a large linear term in the hybrid potential, which is responsible also for the large tensor-to-scalar ratio. In the second phase of 50 e-folds, the dominant potential becomes dynamically changed to the logarithmic form as in the ordinary supersymmetric hybrid inflation, which is performed by the second inflaton field. In this model, the sub-Planckian field values (̃0.9M P) can still yield the correct cosmic observations with the sufficient e-folds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)391-395
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume735
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hybrid inflation
  • Primordial gravitational wave
  • Spectral index
  • Tensor to scalar ratio

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