Speaker
Prof.
Tonnis Ter Veldhuis
(Macalester College)
Description
The parameter space of two-field inflation models with non-minimal coupling to the gravitional scalar curvature is delineated in light of recent cosmological data. This class of models includes the case of the singlet scalar dark matter model, where the inflaton can be a hybrid of the Higgs and dark matter fields. The possibility of the production of significant non-Gaussianity in these models is probed.
Author
Prof.
Tonnis Ter Veldhuis
(Macalester College)
