Supersymmetric Standard Model Inflation in the Planck Era

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2012-09-07
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We propose a cosmological inflationary scenario based on the supergravity-embedded Standard Model supplemented by the right-handed neutrinos. We show that with an appropriate Kähler potential the L−Hᵤ direction gives rise to successful inflation that is similar to the recently proposed gravitationally coupled Higgs inflation model but is free from the unitarity problem. The mass scale M⌄(R) of the right-handed neutrinos is subject to the seesaw relation and the present 2−σ constraint from the WMAP7−BAO−H₀ data sets its lower bound M⌄(R) ≳ 1 TeV. Generation of the baryon asymmetry is naturally implemented in this model. We expect that within a few years new observational data from the Planck satellite will clearly discriminate this model from other existing inflationary models arising from the same Lagrangian, and possibly yield stringent constraints on M⌄(R).

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Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe (including cosmic pancakes, cosmic strings, chaotic phenomena, inflationary universe, etc.), Supersymmetric models, Non-standard-model neutrinos, right-handed neutrinos, etc.
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