A Simple No-Scale Model of Modulus Fixing and Inflation
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2018-11-21 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We construct a no-scale model of inflation with a single modulus whose real and imaginary parts are fixed by simple power-law corrections to the no-scale K{\" a}hler potential. Assuming an uplift of the minimum of the effective potential, the model yields a suitable number of e-folds of expansion and values of the tilt in the scalar cosmological density perturbations and of the ratio of tensor and scalar perturbations that are compatible with measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1802.05713,
title = {A Simple No-Scale Model of Modulus Fixing and Inflation},
author = {John Ellis and Malcolm Fairbairn and Antonio Enea Romano and Oscar Zapata},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.05713},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
12 pages, 6 figures, revised statements about string motivation