Inflation from Strongly Coupled Gauge Dynamics
arXiv:1208.3060
Abstract
We argue, using a phenomenological holographic approach, that walking, strongly coupled gauge theories generate a suitable potential for a small field inflation model. We show that the effective description is a model of a single inflaton. We determine the tunings necessary in the gauge sector to generate inflation and overcome the ηproblem.
9 pages, 7 figures