Mutated Hybrid Inflation
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چکیده
A new model of inflation is described. An unusual form for the inflationary potential is obtained because the inflaton corresponds to a non-trivial path in the configuration space of the two real scalar fields of the model. The model predicts a spectral index n = 1 − 3/2N ≃ 0.97 for the density perturbations and negligible gravitational waves. KUNS 1275 astro-ph/9407040 ∗e-mail address: [email protected]
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