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Defying eternal inflation in warm inflation with a negative running
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita). University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A..ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9490-020X
Number of Authors: 42024 (English)In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, E-ISSN 1475-7516, Vol. 2024, no 2, article id 006Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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It was pointed out previously that a sufficiently negative running of the spectral index of curvature perturbations from (ordinary i.e. cold) inflation is able to prevent eternal inflation from ever occurring. Here, we reevaluate those original results, but in the context of warm inflation, in which a substantial radiation component (produced by the inflaton) exists throughout the inflationary period. We demonstrate that the same general requirements found in the context of ordinary (cold) inflation also hold true in warm inflation; indeed an even tinier amount of negative running is sufficient to prevent eternal inflation. This is particularly pertinent, as models featuring negative running are more generic in warm inflation scenarios. Finally, the condition for the existence of eternal inflation in cold inflation — that the curvature perturbation amplitude exceed unity on superhorizon scales — becomes more restrictive in the case of warm inflation. The curvature perturbations must be even larger, i.e. even farther out on the potential, away from the part of the potential where observables, e.g. in the Cosmic Microwave Background, are produced.

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2024. Vol. 2024, no 2, article id 006
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inflation, initial conditions and eternal universe, Inflation and CMBR theory
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Physical Sciences Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-228030DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/02/006ISI: 001182021200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85183976000OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-228030DiVA, id: diva2:1850705
Available from: 2024-04-11 Created: 2024-04-11 Last updated: 2024-04-11Bibliographically approved

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