Take up the challenge for a single field inflation after BICEP2

TL;DR

This paper introduces the Infinity Power Series (IPS) inflation model, compatible with recent observations, which predicts large tensor-to-scalar ratios and significant spectral index running, addressing key cosmological issues.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel single-field inflation model with an infinite power series potential that aligns with current observational constraints and predicts distinctive inflationary parameters.

Findings

IPS model achieves large tensor-to-scalar ratio r ≈ 0.20

Spectral index running |n_s'| ≳ 10^{-2} in the model

Number of e-folds N ≈ 35-45 sufficient for cosmological problems

Abstract

The measurement of the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ shows a very powerful constraint to theoretical inflation models through the detection of B-mode. In this paper, we propose a single inflation model with infinity pows series potential called the Infinity Power Series (IPS) inflation model, which is well consistent with latest observations from \textit{Planck} and BICEP2. Furthermore, it is found that in the IPS model, the absolute value the running of the spectral index increases while the tensor-to-scalar ratio becomes large, namely both large $r \approx 0.20$ and $|n_s'|\gtrsim \mathcal{O}(10^{-2})$ are realized in the IPS model. In the meanwhile, the number of e-folds is also big enough $N\approx 35\sim45$ to solve the problems in Big Bang cosmology.