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Jordan Zambrano

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arXiv2026

Numerical Study of Some Generalizations of the Starobinsky Inflationary Model

In this work, we perform a numerical study of three Starobinsky--type inflationary scenarios: the $\alpha$--Starobinsky inflationary model, the power--law Starobinsky inflationary model, and the power--law $\alpha$--Starobinsky inflationary model. For an appropriate choice of parameters, each scenario reproduces the standard Starobinsky limit. For each case, we derive the relevant slow--roll expressions in order to compute numerically the scalar and tensor power spectra over the corresponding parameter space and evaluate the associated inflationary observables. Finally, we provide a comparative analysis in the $(n_\sca,A_\sca)$ and $(r,n_\sca)$ parameter spaces using contour plots. Our results indicate that, for certain choices of parameters, the $\alpha$--Starobinsky model and the power--law $\alpha$--Starobinsky model are favored by \textit{Planck} 2018 observations.

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arXiv2025

Quintessential inflation studied through Semiclassical Methods

In this work, we solved the scalar and tensor perturbation equations numerically and using the improved uniform approximation method together with the third-order phase-integral method, for the $\alpha$-attractor inflationary model. This inflationary model has become very important because it allows us to describe the initial accelerated expansion of the universe in the inflationary epoch, and the current accelerated expansion with the same potential that depends on one scalar field $\varphi$. Once the equations for the scalar and tensor power spectra are found, we calculate the observables: the scalar-to-tensor ratio $r$, and the scalar spectral index $n_S$, concluding that semiclassical methods give excellent results compared to numerical integration. We also compare both observables in the $\alpha$-attractor and the Starobinsky inflationary model.

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arXiv2024

Some inflationary models under the light of Planck 2018 results

In this work we study four well-known inflationary scenarios that are reported by the most recent Planck observations: Natural inflation, Hilltop quartic inflation, Starobinsky inflationary model, and Large field power-law potentials $V(ϕ)\sim ϕ^{p}$, considering $p=\sfrac{2}{3}, \sfrac{4}{3}$. The analysis is done using both the slow-roll approximation and the numerical solution to the background and perturbation equations. We show that the numerical solution improved the precision of these models with respect to the contour plot $r$ vs. $n_\sca$, having a lower $r$ in each model compared to the value calculated from the slow-roll approximation.

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