Eur. Phys. J. C (2016) 76: 303
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4150-5

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Inflection point inflation and reheating

Department of Physics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea

^* e-mail: hminlee@cau.ac.kr

Received: 18 April 2016
Accepted: 17 May 2016
Published online: 30 May 2016

Abstract

We revisit the inflection point inflation with an extended discussion to large field values and consider the reheating effects on the inflationary predictions. Parametrizing the reheating dynamics in terms of the reheating temperature and the equation of state during reheating, we show how the observationally favored parameter space of inflection point inflation is affected by reheating dynamics. Consequently, we apply the general results to the inflation models with non-minimal coupling, such as the SM Higgs inflation and the Higgs inflation.