Degeneracy of consistency equations in braneworld inflation

Consistency equations in Randall-Sundrum cosmology: a test for braneworld inflation

In the context of an inflationary Randall-Sundrum Type II braneworld (RS2) we calculate spectral indices and amplitudes of cosmological scalar and tensor perturbations, up to second order in slow-roll parameters. Under very simple assumptions, extrapolating next-order formulas from first-order calculations in the case of a de Sitter brane, we see that the degeneracy between standard and branewo...

Degeneracy of consistency equations in Randall–Sundrum inflation

In a Randall–Sundrum type II inflationary scenario we compute perturbation amplitudes and spectral indices up to next-to-lowest order in the slowroll parameters, starting from the well-known lowest-order result for a de Sitter brane. Using two different prescriptions for the tensor amplitude, we show that the braneworld consistency equations are not degenerate with respect to the standard relat...

Inflaton potential reconstruction in the braneworld scenario

We consider inflaton potential reconstruction in the context of the simplest braneworld scenario, where both the Friedmann equation and the form of scalar and tensor perturbations are modified at high energies. We derive the reconstruction equations, and analyze them analytically in the high-energy limit and numerically for the general case. As previously shown by Huey and Lidsey, the consisten...

The consistency relation in braneworld inflation

Symmetries and assisted inflation in the DGP braneworld model

We present here the general transformation that leaves unchanged the form of the field equations for perfect fluid cosmologies in the DGP braneworld model. Specifically, a prescription for relating exact solutions with different equations of state is provided, and the symmetries found can be used as algorithms for generating new cosmological models from previously known ones. We also present, i...