Enhancement of primordial curvature perturbations in $R^3$-corrected Starobinsky-Higgs inflation

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Autores principales: Kim, Jinsu, Wang, Xinpeng, Zhang, Ying-li, Ren, Zhongzhou
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author Kim, Jinsu
Wang, Xinpeng
Zhang, Ying-li
Ren, Zhongzhou
author_facet Kim, Jinsu
Wang, Xinpeng
Zhang, Ying-li
Ren, Zhongzhou
contents We provide a systematic study of the Starobinsky-Higgs inflation model in the presence of an additional cubic term of the Ricci scalar. We investigate, in particular, the effects of the cubic term on the spectral index $n_s$ and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Through both analytical and numerical analyses, we show that the $R^3$-corrected Starobinsky-Higgs model can achieve compatibility with cosmic microwave background observations while producing distinct observational signatures with different frequency ranges. In addition, we discuss the complementarity between different observational probes, including the scalar-induced gravitational waves and spectral distortions, offering an independent probe of the enhanced curvature perturbations. Detection prospects are also discussed.
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spellingShingle Enhancement of primordial curvature perturbations in $R^3$-corrected Starobinsky-Higgs inflation
Kim, Jinsu
Wang, Xinpeng
Zhang, Ying-li
Ren, Zhongzhou
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We provide a systematic study of the Starobinsky-Higgs inflation model in the presence of an additional cubic term of the Ricci scalar. We investigate, in particular, the effects of the cubic term on the spectral index $n_s$ and the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Through both analytical and numerical analyses, we show that the $R^3$-corrected Starobinsky-Higgs model can achieve compatibility with cosmic microwave background observations while producing distinct observational signatures with different frequency ranges. In addition, we discuss the complementarity between different observational probes, including the scalar-induced gravitational waves and spectral distortions, offering an independent probe of the enhanced curvature perturbations. Detection prospects are also discussed.
title Enhancement of primordial curvature perturbations in $R^3$-corrected Starobinsky-Higgs inflation
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12035