Gauss-Bonnet inflation and swampland

Abstract

The two swampland criteria are generically in tension with the single field slow-roll inflation because the first swampland criterion requires small tensor to scalar ratio while the second swampland criterion requires large tensor to scalar ratio. The challenge to the single field slow-roll inflation imposed by the swampland criteria can be avoided by modifying the relationship between the tensor to scalar ratio and the slow-roll parameter. We show that the Gauss-Bonnet inflation with the coupling function inversely proportional to the potential overcomes the challenge by adding a constant factor in the relationship between the tensor to scalar ratio and the slow-roll parameter. For the Gauss-Bonnet inflation, while the swampland criteria are satisfied, the slow-roll conditions are also fulfilled, so the scalar spectral tilt and the tensor to scalar ratio are consistent with the observations. We use the potentials for chaotic inflation and the E-model as examples to show that the models pass all the constraints. The swampland criteria may imply Gauss-Bonnet coupling.

arXiv comment11 pages, 2 figures

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