Quadratic-inflation field interval from a wavenumber interval

ID: quadratic-inflation-field-interval-from-a-wavenumber-interval

For a quadratic inflaton potential ending at the leading estimate , . Cosmological horizon exit gives . A narrow logarithmic interval therefore probes a field span , to the accuracy of the slow-roll approximation. At sixty e-folds, five logarithmic wavenumber units probe about around a background field near .

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