2020/03/31 by Sukannya Bhattacharya, Koushik Dutta, Mayukh R. Gangopadhyay +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmic microwave background #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Horizon #Inflation (cosmology) #Optics #Physics #Planck #Statistical physics #String (physics) #Theoretical physics #astro-ph.CO #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.102.123531
published as Phys. Rev. D 102, 123531 (2020) · 14 pages, 4 figures; new analysis added, minor changes; matches the version published in PRD
openalex created_date 2020/03/23 · openalex publication_date 2020/12/18 · arxiv created 2020/12/29 · arxiv updated 2021/01/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Generic features of models of inflation obtained from string compactifications are the correlations between the model parameters and the postinflationary evolution of the universe. Thus, the postinflationary evolution depends on the inflationary model parameters, and accurate inflationary predictions require that this be incorporated in the evolution of the primordial spectrum. The fibre inflation model is a promising model of inflation constructed in type IIB string theory. This model has two interesting features in its postinflationary evolution. The reheating temperature of the model is directly correlated with the model parameters. The model also necessarily predicts some dark radiation, which can be sizable for certain choices of discrete parameters in the model. We analyze this model in detail using publicly available codes---modechord and cosmomc with the latest Planck+BICEP2/Keck array data to constrain the model parameters and Npivot (the number of e-foldings between the horizon exit of the CMB pivot mode and the end of inflation). We also carry out the same analysis using the publicly available code cobaya. We find the results of both the analysis to be in agreement. Our analysis provides the basic methods necessary to extract precise inflationary prediction in string models incorporating correlations between model parameters and postinflationary evolution.