Observational constraints on inflationary models with non-minimally derivative coupling by ACT
Qing Gao, Yanjiang Qian, Yungui Gong, Zhu Yi
Published: 2025/6/23
Abstract
The most recent data release from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) reveals a larger value of the scalar spectral tilt $n_s$, ruling out a broad class of inflationary attractors. In this paper, we consider inflationary models including the power law potential, the hilltop model, the polynomial $\alpha$-attractor and exponential $\alpha-$attractor, with non-minimally derivative coupling in the high friction limit, and show how the models can fit ACT data. We also derive constraints on the model parameters using the latest ACT data.