Regularization of Single Field Inflation Models

Regularization of Single Field Inflation Models by Josh Hoffmann et al. on Thursday 24 November There are many single field inflationary models that are consistent with the recent Planck 2018 measurements of the spectral index $n_s$ and tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Despite good agreement with observational data some of these models suffer from having unregularized potentials which would produce a collapsing universe shortly after the end of inflation. In this paper we show that how one chooses to correct the behaviour potential towards the end of inflation can have a significant effect on the inflationary predictions of the model, specifically in the case of quartic hilltop and radiatively corrected Higgs inflation. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09390v2