Warm Inflation in $f(R,T)$ gravity

Abstract: In this work, we explored warm inflation in the background of $f(R,T)$ gravity in the strong dissipation regime. Considering scalar field for FLRW universe, we derived modified field equations. We then deduced slow-roll parameters under slow-roll approximations followed by power spectrum for scalar and tensor perturbations and their corresponding spectral indices. We have considered Chaotic and Natural potentials and estimated scalar spectral index and tensor-to-scalar ratio for constant as well as variable dissipation factor $\Gamma$. We found that both the rejected potentials can be revived under the context of $f(R,T)$ gravity with suitable choice of the model parameters. Further, it is seen that within the warm inflationary scenario both the potentials are consistent with Planck 2018 bounds at the Planckian and sub Planckian energy scales.