We discuss the implications for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observables, of a class of pre–inflationary dynamics suggested by string models where SUSY is broken due to the presence of D–branes and orientifolds preserving incompatible portions of it. In these models the would–be inflaton is forced to emerge from the initial singularity climbing up a mild exponential potential, until it bounces against a steep exponential potential of “brane SUSY breaking” scenarios, and as a result the ensuing descent gives rise to an inflationary epoch that begins when the system is still well off its eventual attractor. If a pre-inflationary climbing phase of this type had occurred within 6-7 e–folds of the horizon exit for the largest observable wavelengths, displacement off the attractor and initial–state effects would conspire to suppress power in the primordial scalar spectrum, enhancing it in the tensor spectrum and typically superposing oscillations on both. We investigate these imprints on CMB observables over a range of parameters, examine their statistical significance, and provide a semi–analytic rationale for our results. It is tempting to ascribe at least part of the large-angle anomalies in the CMB to pre–inflationary dynamics of this type.

CMB imprints of a pre-inflationary climbing phase

SAGNOTTI, AUGUSTO
2012

Abstract

We discuss the implications for cosmic microwave background (CMB) observables, of a class of pre–inflationary dynamics suggested by string models where SUSY is broken due to the presence of D–branes and orientifolds preserving incompatible portions of it. In these models the would–be inflaton is forced to emerge from the initial singularity climbing up a mild exponential potential, until it bounces against a steep exponential potential of “brane SUSY breaking” scenarios, and as a result the ensuing descent gives rise to an inflationary epoch that begins when the system is still well off its eventual attractor. If a pre-inflationary climbing phase of this type had occurred within 6-7 e–folds of the horizon exit for the largest observable wavelengths, displacement off the attractor and initial–state effects would conspire to suppress power in the primordial scalar spectrum, enhancing it in the tensor spectrum and typically superposing oscillations on both. We investigate these imprints on CMB observables over a range of parameters, examine their statistical significance, and provide a semi–analytic rationale for our results. It is tempting to ascribe at least part of the large-angle anomalies in the CMB to pre–inflationary dynamics of this type.
2012
CMB; String Theory; SUSY breaking
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