Constraining an Early Dark Energy Motivated Quintessential $α$-Attractor Inflaton Potential
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| contents | We construct a new model of quintessential $α$ attractor inflation in conjunction with the features of non-oscillating early dark energy (EDE). Slow-roll plateau of this model is obtained, and analyzed in $k$-space, through the inflaton field and its first-order perturbation over a quasi de-Sitter metric fluctuation in the range $k=0.001-0.009$ Mpc$^{-1}$. The estimated cosmological parameters are found to obey Planck+BICEP2/Keck bounds with $68\%$ CL with the required trend of spectral tilts in the $n_s-r$ parametric space. We verify that, the inclusion of the EDE does not significantly affect the observed parameters. Its presence manifests in obtaining \textit{improved values} of the energy scale of inflation ($M$) and the present-day vacuum density ($V_Λ$). They are found to be $M=5.58\times 10^{-4}-4.57\times 10^{-3} M_P$ and $V_Λ=1.042\times 10^{-119}-4.688\times 10^{-116} M_P^4$.
However, the $α$-parameter is drastically constrained in two ways. Its lower end is fixed by the consistency analysis of the $k$-mode equations, while the upper end is evaluated as a derived expression of $α$-cut-off through the aspects of EDE \textit{viz.,} the effects of \textit{Enhanced Symmetry Point} (ESP) in the potential during inflation. Improvised range of $α$ is found to be $0.001\leqα<0.1$ for the model parameters $γ$ and $n$ lying within $0.01\leqγ\leq 0.09$ and $8\leq n\leq 10$ respectively. These ranges are shown to be essential for satisfying the COBE/Planck normalized energy scale of inflation and the Planck-value of present-day vacuum density. If we choose $γ=0.0818$ and $n=8$, then we get $0.001\leqα\leq 0.0186$. Thus, the lower and upper limits of $α$ are diminished substantially, compared with those in the earlier studies. |
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| spellingShingle | Constraining an Early Dark Energy Motivated Quintessential $α$-Attractor Inflaton Potential Sarkar, Arunoday Ghosh, Buddhadeb General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory We construct a new model of quintessential $α$ attractor inflation in conjunction with the features of non-oscillating early dark energy (EDE). Slow-roll plateau of this model is obtained, and analyzed in $k$-space, through the inflaton field and its first-order perturbation over a quasi de-Sitter metric fluctuation in the range $k=0.001-0.009$ Mpc$^{-1}$. The estimated cosmological parameters are found to obey Planck+BICEP2/Keck bounds with $68\%$ CL with the required trend of spectral tilts in the $n_s-r$ parametric space. We verify that, the inclusion of the EDE does not significantly affect the observed parameters. Its presence manifests in obtaining \textit{improved values} of the energy scale of inflation ($M$) and the present-day vacuum density ($V_Λ$). They are found to be $M=5.58\times 10^{-4}-4.57\times 10^{-3} M_P$ and $V_Λ=1.042\times 10^{-119}-4.688\times 10^{-116} M_P^4$. However, the $α$-parameter is drastically constrained in two ways. Its lower end is fixed by the consistency analysis of the $k$-mode equations, while the upper end is evaluated as a derived expression of $α$-cut-off through the aspects of EDE \textit{viz.,} the effects of \textit{Enhanced Symmetry Point} (ESP) in the potential during inflation. Improvised range of $α$ is found to be $0.001\leqα<0.1$ for the model parameters $γ$ and $n$ lying within $0.01\leqγ\leq 0.09$ and $8\leq n\leq 10$ respectively. These ranges are shown to be essential for satisfying the COBE/Planck normalized energy scale of inflation and the Planck-value of present-day vacuum density. If we choose $γ=0.0818$ and $n=8$, then we get $0.001\leqα\leq 0.0186$. Thus, the lower and upper limits of $α$ are diminished substantially, compared with those in the earlier studies. |
| title | Constraining an Early Dark Energy Motivated Quintessential $α$-Attractor Inflaton Potential |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.00603 |