Possibly Large Corrections to the Inflationary Observables
arXiv:0711.4003 · doi:10.1142/S0217732308026911
Abstract
We point out that the theoretical predictions for the inflationary observables may be generically altered by the presence of fields which are heavier than the Hubble rate during inflation and whose dynamics is usually neglected. They introduce corrections which may be easily larger than both the second-order contributions in the slow-roll parameters and the accuracy expected in the forthcoming experiments.
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