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Flat tree-level inflationary potentials in the light of cosmic microwave background and large scale structure data

Flat tree-level inflationary potentials in the light of cosmic microwave background and large scale structure data

We use cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large scale structure (LSS) data to test a broad and physically well-motivated class of inflationary models: those with flat tree-level potentials (typical in supersymmetry). The non-trivial features of the potential arise from radiative corrections which give a simple logarithmic dependence on the inflaton …