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In this paper, we explore a novel observational signature of gravitational corrections during slow-roll inflation. We study the coupling of the inflaton field to higher-curvature tensors in models with a minimal breaking of conformal symmetry. In that case, the most general correction to the tensor two-point function is captured by a coupling to the square of the Weyl tensor. We show that these scenarios lead to a correction to the tilt of the tensor power spectrum and hence a violation of the tensor consistency condition. We arrive at the same conclusion through an analysis in conformal perturbation theory.
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Baumann, D., Lee, H. & Pimentel, G.L. High-scale inflation and the tensor tilt. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 101 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)101
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