Gauged M-flation after BICEP2

In view of the recent BICEP2 results [arXiv:1403.3985] which may be attributed to the observation of B-modes polarization of the CMB with tensor-to-scalar ratio r=0.2−0.05+0.07, we revisit M-flation model. Gauged M-flation is a string theory motivated inflation model with Matrix valued scalar inflat...

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Published in:Physics Letters B
Main Authors: A. Ashoorioon, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931400820X