Large tensor-to-scalar ratio and running of the scalar spectral index with Instep Inflation

Abstract

If a sizeable tensor-to-scalar ratio ~0.1 turns out to be detected and a negative running of the scalar spectral index ~0.01 is significantly required by the data, the vast majority of single field models of inflation will be ruled out. We show that a flat tree-level effective potential, lifted by radiative corrections and by the imprints of a high energy scale (in the form of non-renormalizable operators) can explain those features and produce enough inflation in the slow-roll regime.

arXiv comment16 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Physical Review D

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