Pre-inflation models and WMAP data
Abstract
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The effect of pre-inflation physics on the power spectrum of scalar perturbations is estimated and there is a possibility that the pre-inflation physics explains the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data if the length of inflation is near 60 e-folds. Considering various pre-inflation models with radiation-dominated or matter-dominated periods before inflation, the power spectrum of curvature perturbations for large scales is calculated, and the spectral index and running spectral index are derived.
33 pages, 10 figures
33 pages, 10 figures