Pith. sign in

REVIEW 28 cited by

Inflation and String Theory

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 1404.2601 v1 pith:3KZWSJ76 submitted 2014-04-09 hep-th astro-ph.COgr-qchep-ph

Inflation and String Theory

classification hep-th astro-ph.COgr-qchep-ph
keywords theoryinflationstringbookcambridgecosmologicalentitledfield
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved
0 comments
Share X Bluesky LinkedIn Reddit HN
read the original abstract

We review cosmological inflation and its realization in quantum field theory and in string theory. This material is a portion of a book, also entitled "Inflation and String Theory", to be published by Cambridge University Press.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 28 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Pushing the Primordial Frontier: Cosmological Collider Signatures at Strong Mixing

    astro-ph.CO 2026-07 conditional novelty 7.0

    Exact analytic squeezed-limit bispectra for strongly mixed two-field inflation, nonperturbative in the curvature-isocurvature mixing λ.

  2. Heterotic Warm Inflation

    hep-th 2025-09 conditional novelty 7.0

    In a heterotic-string-inspired two-field warm inflation model, the axion drives inflation while thermal corrections from gauge fields block sustained dilaton-driven inflation.

  3. F-theory flux vacua at large complex structure

    hep-th 2021-05 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    At large complex structure in F-theory, the F-term potential simplifies to V = Z^{AB} ρ_A ρ_B, yielding two families of flux vacua with all complex structure moduli fixed, one with bounded saxion vevs and one with unb...

  4. Probing the fate of large primordial perturbations with exoplanets

    astro-ph.CO 2026-06 conditional novelty 6.5

    Observed ultra-wide exoplanets already constrain the amplitude and scale of primordial power-spectrum peaks that produce ultra-compact minihalos, with misalignment signatures as a future probe.

  5. Spectator Axions in String Inflation and Primordial Black Holes

    hep-th 2026-07 conditional novelty 6.0

    In Fibre Inflation, spectator axions with f≲0.1 M_Pl leave the PBH power spectrum unchanged, while for f≳0.1 M_Pl and exponentially small non-perturbative prefactors they can raise P_R from 1.9e-4 to 3.5e-3 and enable...

  6. Axion isocurvature and the model-building problem of low-scale inflation

    hep-ph 2026-07 conditional novelty 6.0

    A light pre-inflationary QCD axion that is all the dark matter forces the inflationary Hubble scale below ~10^7–10^10 GeV and, for canonical slow-roll inflation, confines the inflaton to sub-10^-4 M_Pl of field motion...

  7. Repulsive dark matter from Hosotani mechanism

    astro-ph.CO 2026-07 conditional novelty 6.0

    Two Scherk-Schwarz-twisted fermions in a 5D gauge theory make the fifth-component dark matter scalar self-repel, yielding viable ultralight dark matter with mass 10⁻²¹–1 eV and astrophysical-size solitons.

  8. Cosmological gravitational particle production in multifield inflation

    hep-ph 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Negative field-space curvature enhances post-inflationary Ricci scalar oscillations and boosts CGPP dark matter number density by up to an order of magnitude relative to flat field-space cases, with nontrivial relic a...

  9. Multifield stochastic inflation: Relevance of number of fields in statistical moments

    astro-ph.CO 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Stochastic effects in multifield inflation make the number of fields relevant for e-fold statistics and power spectrum, with a general formula for higher moments and an upper bound on fields for successful inflation.

  10. Massive Exchange and the Sign of the Equilateral Bispectrum

    hep-th 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    The equilateral bispectrum from massive scalar exchange in inflation is not universally negative in the full EFT of inflation; its sign depends on a critical ratio of operator coefficients.

  11. The UV Sensitivity of Axion Monodromy Inflation

    hep-th 2024-12 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    In a string-inspired two-field axion monodromy model, oscillatory modulations excite heavy moduli during inflation, producing detectable cosmological collider signals in the primordial bispectrum that bypass Boltzmann...

  12. Orbital Inflation: inflating along an angular isometry of field space

    hep-th 2019-07 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Orbital Inflation reconstructs two-field actions with an angular isometry yielding single-field-like predictions that violate consistency relations and allow f_NL from slow-roll suppressed to O(few) depending on entro...

  13. Scalar-induced gravitational waves from inflation with symmetry breaking

    astro-ph.CO 2026-07 conditional novelty 5.0

    Late gauge-field excitation in charged symmetry-breaking inflation pushes enhanced SIGWs into the GHz band, where longitudinal and charge-mixing parameters reshape the spectrum in opposite, distinguishable ways.

  14. Global Asymptotics, the Swampland Conjectures, and Preheating of String Moduli

    hep-th 2026-07 conditional novelty 5.0

    Global asymptotic shape, not just local curvature, controls tachyonic self-resonant preheating of string moduli, and stochastic light-tower effects mostly smear existing resonance bands.

  15. Corrections to inflationary models induced by non-minimal coupling between scalar field and curvature

    gr-qc 2026-07 conditional novelty 5.0

    Power-law non-minimal coupling F=(H/λ)^{2n} deforms inflationary potentials, shifts r and n_S while preserving n_T=-r/8 and GR-like reheating, enabling r(1-n_S) classification of models against Planck/ACT data.

  16. Corrections to inflationary models induced by non-minimal coupling between scalar field and curvature

    gr-qc 2026-07 conditional novelty 5.0

    A power-law non-minimal scalar-curvature coupling F=(H/λ)^{2n} is shown to deform inflationary potentials and to rescale the tensor-to-scalar ratio r→(1−n)r_E while preserving the n_T=−r/8 consistency relation.

  17. Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet Inflationary Cosmology in Phase-$\theta$ Formalism

    gr-qc 2026-07 conditional novelty 5.0

    Phase-θ formalism maps EGB inflation backgrounds to closed-form observables beyond slow-roll; Starobinsky+linear-GB fits ACT DR6 ns and r while predicting a DECIGO-accessible GW plateau.

  18. The cosmology of long range Yukawa interactions in general backgrounds

    hep-th 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Generalization of scalar-fermion Yukawa systems in constant-EOS cosmologies identifies scaling regime with constant energy density ratio from approximate scale invariance and asymptotic regime recovering bare mass.

  19. Cosmological Dynamics of a Non-Canonical Generalised Brans-Dicke Theory

    gr-qc 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    A non-canonical generalized Brans-Dicke theory admits background cosmological solutions matching Lambda CDM characteristics for constant, power-law, and exponential potentials, with dynamics distinct from other scalar...

  20. Primordial black hole dark matter from ultra-slow-roll inflation in Horndeski gravity

    gr-qc 2025-12 conditional novelty 5.0

    A kinetic cubic Horndeski coupling creates an ultra-slow-roll phase that amplifies curvature perturbations enough to produce asteroid-mass primordial black holes, potentially 90% of dark matter.

  21. Fibre Inflation Meets Quintessence: Implications of Perturbative Stabilisation

    hep-th 2025-11 reject novelty 5.0

    Adding a base-modulus redefinition to fibre inflation in perturbative LVS shifts (ns, r) into ACT-allowed territory and yields an axion quintessence companion.

  22. Effects of the ekpyrotic mechanism on inflationary phase in loop quantum cosmologies

    gr-qc 2025-10 conditional novelty 5.0

    In LQC and mLQC-I, tuned ekpyrotic-plus-inflation potentials can yield w>1 at the bounce and at least 60 e-folds of post-bounce inflation.

  23. Stable initial conditions and analytical investigations of cosmological perturbations in a modified loop quantum cosmology

    gr-qc 2025-05 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    A stable initial state is identified in mLQC-I that diagonalizes the Hamiltonian and minimizes particle creation, with mode functions approximated analytically by Airy or cylindrical functions whose constants are fixe...

  24. Exploring Gravitational Wave Signatures Due to Primordial Non-gaussianity and Large Scale Structure Using SKAO

    astro-ph.CO 2026-06 unverdicted novelty 4.0

    Explores SKAO detection of scalar-induced GW backgrounds as probes of primordial non-Gaussianity and parity violation, with LSS cross-correlation to improve SNR.

  25. Waveform Modelling for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

    gr-qc 2023-11 unverdicted novelty 2.0

    A review of existing waveform models for LISA sources and the challenges that must still be overcome.

  26. Modified Gravity Theories on a Nutshell: Inflation, Bounce and Late-time Evolution

    gr-qc 2017-05 accept novelty 2.0

    Modified gravity theories supply viable mathematical frameworks for inflation, bounces, and dark energy eras that match observational data.

  27. Lectures on Naturalness, String Landscape and Multiverse

    hep-th 2020-08 unverdicted novelty 1.0

    Lecture notes providing a technical introduction to naturalness problems and the string theory landscape for graduate students.

  28. Branes

    hep-th 2026-04 unverdicted

    A review of branes in string theory covering their multiple descriptions and interaction phenomena.