TY - JOUR
T1 - A relativistic calculation of super-hubble suppression of inflation with thermal dissipation
AU - Lee, Wolung
AU - Fang, Li Zhi
PY - 2000/11/7
Y1 - 2000/11/7
N2 - We investigated the evolution of the primordial density perturbations produced by inflation with thermal dissipation. A full relativistic analysis on the evolution of initial perturbations from the warm inflation era to a radiation-dominated universe has been developed. The emphasis is on tracking the ratio between the adiabatic and the isocurvature mode of the initial perturbations. This result is employed to calculate a testable factor: the super-Hubble suppression of the power spectrum of the primordial perturbations. We show that based on the warm inflation scenario, the super-Hubble suppression factor, s, for an inflation with thermal dissipation is at least 0.5. This prediction does not depend on the details of the model parameters. If s is larger than 0.5, it implies that the friction parameter Γ is larger than the Hubble expansion parameter H during the inflation era.
AB - We investigated the evolution of the primordial density perturbations produced by inflation with thermal dissipation. A full relativistic analysis on the evolution of initial perturbations from the warm inflation era to a radiation-dominated universe has been developed. The emphasis is on tracking the ratio between the adiabatic and the isocurvature mode of the initial perturbations. This result is employed to calculate a testable factor: the super-Hubble suppression of the power spectrum of the primordial perturbations. We show that based on the warm inflation scenario, the super-Hubble suppression factor, s, for an inflation with thermal dissipation is at least 0.5. This prediction does not depend on the details of the model parameters. If s is larger than 0.5, it implies that the friction parameter Γ is larger than the Hubble expansion parameter H during the inflation era.
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U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/17/21/308
DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/17/21/308
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034342787
SN - 0264-9381
VL - 17
SP - 4467
EP - 4480
JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity
JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity
IS - 21
ER -