Structure formation with two periods of inflation: beyond PLaIn ΛCDM
Abstract
We discuss structure formation in models with a spectator field in small-field inflation which accommodate a secondary period of inflation. In such models, subgalactic scale primordial fluctuations can be much suppressed in comparison to the usual power-law ΛCDM model while the large scale fluctuations remain consistent with current observations. We discuss how a secondary inflationary epoch may give rise to observable features in the small scale power spectrum and hence be tested by the structures in the Local Universe.
- Publication:
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1905.13580
- Bibcode:
- 2020JCAP...10..053E
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 20 pages, 4 figures