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Reconstructing the inflaton potential: Perturbative reconstruction to second order

Reconstructing the inflaton potential: Perturbative reconstruction to second order

One method to reconstruct the scalar field potential of inflation is a perturbative approach, where the values of the potential and its derivatives are calculated as an expansion in departures from the slow-roll approximation. They can then be expressed in terms of observable quantities, such as the square of the …