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Observational constraints on the inflaton potential combined with flow equations in inflaton space

2002; Oxford University Press; Volume: 336; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05855.x

1365-2966

Steen H. Hansen, M. Kunz,

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Direct observations provide constraints on the first two derivatives of the inflaton potential in slow roll models. We discuss how present day observations, combined with the flow equations in slow roll parameter space, provide a non-trivial constraint on the third derivative of the inflaton potential. We find a lower bound on the third derivative of the inflaton potential V'''/V > -0.2. We also show that unless the third derivative of the inflaton potential is unreasonably large, then one predicts the tensor to scalar ratio, r, to be bounded from below r > 3 * 10^{-6}.