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Tachyonic Encore: A universal shift of inflationary observables
Diogo S. Gorgulho, Margherita Putti, Rodrigo Gonzalez Quaglia +3
We propose a generic, largely inflaton-potential-independent mechanism in which a light axion spectator, initialized near the hilltop of its potential, reshapes inflationary observ…
astro-ph.CO2026
Primordial Gravitational Waves from Scalar Backreaction in Axion-SU(2) Inflation
Mattia Cielo, Ema Dimastrogiovanni, Matteo Fasiello +1
In this work, we perform the first numerical study of strong scalar backreaction in spectator chromo-natural inflation (SCNI) in the case where the spectator sector decays during i…
astro-ph.CO2026
Probing Cosmic Expansion and Early Universe with Einstein Telescope
Angelo Ricciardone, Mairi Sakellariadou, Archisman Ghosh +52
Over the next two decades, gravitational-wave (GW) observations are expected to evolve from a discovery-driven endeavour into a precision tool for astrophysics, cosmology, and fund…