# Inflationary paradigm in trouble after Planck2013

## Author(s): Ijjas, Anna; Steinhardt, Paul J; Loeb, Abraham

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dc.contributor.authorIjjas, Anna-
dc.contributor.authorSteinhardt, Paul J-
dc.contributor.authorLoeb, Abraham-
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-27T20:21:29Z-
dc.date.available2019-03-27T20:21:29Z-
dc.date.issued2013-06-25en_US
dc.identifier.citationIjjas, Anna, Steinhardt, Paul J, Loeb, Abraham. (2013). Inflationary paradigm in trouble after Planck2013. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 723 (261 - 266. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.05.023en_US
dc.identifier.issn0370-2693-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1qx3f-
dc.description.abstractRecent results from the Planck satellite combined with earlier observations from WMAP, ACT, SPT and other experiments eliminate a wide spectrum of more complex inflationary models and favor models with a single scalar field, as reported by the Planck Collaboration. More important, though, is that all the simplest inflaton models are disfavored statistically relative to those with plateau-like potentials. We discuss how a restriction to plateau-like models has three independent serious drawbacks: it exacerbates both the initial conditions problem and the multiverse-unpredictability problem and it creates a new difficulty that we call the inflationary “unlikeliness problem.” Finally, we comment on problems reconciling inflation with a standard model Higgs, as suggested by recent LHC results. In sum, we find that recent experimental data disfavors all the best-motivated inflationary scenarios and introduces new, serious difficulties that cut to the core of the inflationary paradigm. Forthcoming searches for B-modes, non-Gaussianity and new particles should be decisive. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.format.extent261 - 266en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPHYSICS LETTERS Ben_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleInflationary paradigm in trouble after Planck2013en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.05.023-
dc.date.eissued2013-05-14en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1873-2445-
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