Large field inflation from D-branes
  We propose new large field inflation scenarios built on the framework of
F-term axion monodromy. Our setup is based on string compactifications where
D-branes create potentials for closed string axions via F-terms. Because the
source of the axion potential is different from the standard sources of moduli
stabilisation, it is possible to lower the inflaton mass as compared to other
massive scalars. We discuss a particular class of models based on type IIA flux
compactifications with D6-branes. In the small field regime they describe
supergravity models of quadratic chaotic inflation with a stabiliser field. In
the large field regime the inflaton potential displays a flattening effect due
to Planck suppressed corrections, allowing to easily fit the cosmological
parameters of the model within current experimental bounds.
