Radiative Inflation and Dark Energy RIDEs Again after BICEP2

Abstract

Following the ground-breaking measurement of the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r=0.20_{-0.05}^{+0.07}$ by the BICEP2 collaboration, we perform a statistical analysis of a model that combines Radiative Inflation with Dark Energy (RIDE) based on the $M^2|\Phi {|}^2\ln \left(|\Phi {|}^2/{\Lambda }^2\right)$ potential and compare its predictions to those based on the traditional chaotic inflation $M^2|\Phi {|}^2$ potential. We find a best-fit value in the RIDE model of $r=0.18$ as compared to $r=0.17$ in the chaotic model, with the spectral index being $n_S=0.96$ in both models.

13 pages, 4 figures; v2: Note added, matches JCAP published version

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