The observational constraint on constant-roll inflation

Feb 5, 2018
13 pages
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  • Sci.China Phys.Mech.Astron. 61 (2018) 7, 070411
  • Published: Mar 20, 2018
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Abstract: (Springer)
We discuss the constant-roll inflation with constant ϵ2_{2} and constant ηˉ\bar \eta . By using the method of Bessel function approximation, the analytical expressions for the scalar and tensor power spectra, the scalar and tensor spectral tilts, and the tensor to scalar ratio are derived up to the first order of ϵ1_{1}. The model with constant ϵ2_{2} is ruled out by the observations at the 3σ confidence level, and the model with constant ηˉ\bar \eta is consistent with the observations at the 1σ confidence level. The potential for the model with constant ηˉ\bar \eta is also obtained from the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Although the observations constrain the constant-roll inflation to be the slow-roll inflation, the ns_{s}-r results from the constant-roll inflation are not the same as those from the slow-roll inflation even when ηˉ\bar \eta ~ 0.01.
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  • Typos corrected and references updated. Accepted for publication in Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1801.09208
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  • constant-roll inflation
  • cosmological perturbations
  • cosmological constraints
  • inflation: slow-roll approximation
  • power spectrum: tensor
  • Hamilton-Jacobi equation
  • spectral