Axion monodromy inflation, trapping mechanisms and the swampland

Abstract We study the effects of particle production on the evolution of the inflaton field in an axion monodromy model with the goal of discovering in which situations the resulting dynamics will be consistent with the swampland constraints. In the presence of a modulated potential the evolving bac...

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Main Authors: Weijie Jin, Robert Brandenberger, Lavinia Heisenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08960-w