Ultra slow-turn inflation

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Main Authors: Achúcarro, Ana, Christodoulidis, Perseas, Gong, Jinn-Ouk, Iarygina, Oksana
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Published: 2026
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author Achúcarro, Ana
Christodoulidis, Perseas
Gong, Jinn-Ouk
Iarygina, Oksana
author_facet Achúcarro, Ana
Christodoulidis, Perseas
Gong, Jinn-Ouk
Iarygina, Oksana
contents In standard multi-field models, tachyonic isocurvature perturbations generally indicate the presence of an instability. We revisit the stability of some known counterexamples and show that, in a certain class of models that we call ultra slow-turn, an exponentially decreasing turn rate can shut off this potential instability. We argue that the stability of a given model can be correctly inferred by the total entropy perturbation, even if the effective mass squared of the isocurvature perturbation is negative. Several recent supergravity- or string-inspired models such as fibre inflation, SL(2,$\mathbb{Z}$) attractors and modular inflation fall into the ultra slow-turn class.
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spellingShingle Ultra slow-turn inflation
Achúcarro, Ana
Christodoulidis, Perseas
Gong, Jinn-Ouk
Iarygina, Oksana
High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
In standard multi-field models, tachyonic isocurvature perturbations generally indicate the presence of an instability. We revisit the stability of some known counterexamples and show that, in a certain class of models that we call ultra slow-turn, an exponentially decreasing turn rate can shut off this potential instability. We argue that the stability of a given model can be correctly inferred by the total entropy perturbation, even if the effective mass squared of the isocurvature perturbation is negative. Several recent supergravity- or string-inspired models such as fibre inflation, SL(2,$\mathbb{Z}$) attractors and modular inflation fall into the ultra slow-turn class.
title Ultra slow-turn inflation
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03204