More varieties of hybrid inflation
Abstract
It is pointed out that hybrid inflation can be implemented with the inflaton field rolling away from the origin instead of towards it. This `inverted' hybrid inflation has a spectral index n < 1 , in contrast with ordinary hybrid inflation which has n 1 , so a measured value of n substantially different from 1 would distinguish the two. Other generalisations of hybrid inflation are also considered.
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