Gauss–Bonnet Inflation and the String Swampland

The swampland criteria are generically in tension with single-field slow-roll inflation because the first swampland criterion requires small tensor-to-scalar ratio while the second swampland criterion requires either large tensor-to-scalar ratio or large scalar spectral tilt. The challenge to single...

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Main Authors: Zhu Yi, Yungui Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Universe
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/5/9/200