Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio in Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld Inflation

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We investigate the scalar perturbation of the inflation model driven by a massive-scalar field in Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity.

• We focus on the perturbation at the attractor stage in which the first and the second slow-roll conditions are satisfied.
• The scalar perturbation exhibits the corrections to the chaotic inflation model in general relativity.
• We find that the tensor-to-scalar ratio becomes smaller than that of the usual chaotic inflation.