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First Hubble slow-roll parameter (ϵ)

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Cosmology Cosmic inflation Slow-roll approximation
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The first Hubble slow-roll parameter is
ϵ=−H2H˙​.
(1)
For a canonical inflaton, ϵ=ϕ˙​2/(2MPl2​H2)≥0.
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Second Hubble slow-roll parameter (η)

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First Hubble slow-roll parameter
Using the e-fold variable N=loga, define
η=dNdlogϵ​.
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