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We present a new approximation scheme that allows us to increase the accuracy of analytical predictions of the power spectra of inflationary perturbations for two specific classes of inflationary models. Among these models are chaotic inflation with a monomial potential, powerlaw inflation and natural inflation (inflation at a maximum). After reviewing the established first order results we calculate the amplitudes and spectral indices for these classes of models at next order in the slow-roll parameters for scalar and tensor perturbations.
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Terrero-Escalante, C.A., Schwarz, D.J., Garcia, A. (2002). Revisiting the Calculation of Inflationary Perturbations. In: Macias, A., Cervantes-Cota, J.L., Lämmerzahl, C. (eds) Exact Solutions and Scalar Fields in Gravity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47115-9_22
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