| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1852883 | Physics Letters B | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The discovery of B-modes, and their effect on the fit to inflationary parameters, opens a window to explore quantum gravity. In this paper we adopt an effective theory approach to study quantum gravity effects in inflation. We apply this approach to chaotic and λϕ4λϕ4 inflation, and find that BICEP2 constrains these new operators to values which are consistent with the effective theory approach. This result opens the possibility to study quantum gravity in a systematic fashion, including its effect on Higgs inflation and other Starobinsky-like models.
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Authors
Xavier Calmet, Verónica Sanz,