Testing $\alpha$-attractor quintessential inflation against CMB and low-redshift data

Abstract

Due to universality and attractor properties, $\alpha$-attractor quintessential inflation establishes direct relations between inflationary observables such as the scalar tilt $n_s$ and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$, and late-time dark energy equation of state parameters $w_0$ and $w_a$. In this work, we examine three different physically motivated regimes, considering complete freedom in the parameter $\alpha$, models inspired by supergravity where $\alpha$ takes on values up to $\alpha =7/3$, and Starobinsky inflation ($\alpha =1$). We investigate the consistency and constraints imposed by Cosmic Microwave Background measurements from the Planck satellite, B-mode polarization data from the BICEP/Keck collaboration, and low-redshift observations. Additionally, we consider small-scale CMB measurements released by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, which give results approaching the Harrison-Zel'dovich spectrum ($n_s\approx 1$). Here $\alpha$-attractors lead to an improved fit over $\Lambda$CDM. For the large-scale CMB measurements, $\alpha \gtrsim 2$ models can provide equally good fits as $\Lambda$CDM.

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