Rectifying an Inconsistency in $F(R)$ Gravity Inflation

Abstract

In this letter we shall provide a formal derivation of the inflationary slow-roll indices for $F(R)$ gravity from the power spectrum without the condition ${\dot{\epsilon }}_1=0$, frequently used in the literature, where ${\epsilon }_1=-\frac{\dot{H}}{H^2}$ is the first slow-roll index. We shall employ Karamata's theorem for regularly varying functions, and as we show, we shall derive the same expressions for the scalar and tensor spectral index of $F(R)$ gravity, also appearing in the current literature, without the misleading and rather strong condition ${\dot{\epsilon }}_1=0$. The only conditions that are needed are the slow-roll assumption, and the smallness of the slow-roll indices and of their derivatives during inflation.

arXiv commentEPL Accepted

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