What happens when the inflaton stops during inflation

Osamu Seto, Jun’ichi Yokoyama, and Hideo Kodama
Phys. Rev. D 61, 103504 – Published 17 April 2000
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Abstract

The spectrum of adiabatic density perturbation generated during inflation is studied in the case the time derivative of an inflation-driving scalar field (inflaton) vanishes at some time during inflation. It is shown that the nondecaying mode of perturbation has a finite value even in this case and that its amplitude is given by the standard formula with the time derivation of the scalar field replaced by the potential gradient using the slow-roll equation.

  • Received 8 November 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.61.103504

©2000 American Physical Society

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Osamu Seto

  • Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Jun’ichi Yokoyama

  • Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0EH, United Kingdom
  • Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan

Hideo Kodama

  • Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

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Vol. 61, Iss. 10 — 15 May 2000

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