The observational constraint on constant-roll inflation

• 来源期刊: 中国科学:物理学 力学 天文学（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（7）
• 页码范围: 38-43
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

We discuss the constant-roll inflation with constant (e)2 and constant η. By using the method of Bessel function approximation, the analytical expressions for the scalar and tensor power spectra, the scalar and tensor spectral tilts, and the tensor to scalar ratio are derived up to the first order of (e)1. The model with constant (e)2 is ruled out by the observations at the 3σ confidence level, and the model with constant η is consistent with the observations at the 1σ confidence level. The potential for the model with constant η is also obtained from the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Although the observations constrain the constant-roll inflation to be the slow-roll inflation, the ns-r results from the constant-roll inflation are not the same as those from the slow-roll inflation even when η～0.01.