$\alpha$-attractors from supersymmetry breaking
Abstract
We construct new models of inflation and spontaneous supersymmetry breaking in de Sitter vacuum, with a single chiral superfield, where inflaton is the superpartner of the goldstino. Our approach is based on hyperbolic K\"ahler geometry, and a gauged (non-axionic) symmetry rotating the chiral scalar field by a phase. The gauge field combines with the angular component of the chiral scalar to form a massive vector, and single-field inflation is driven by the radial part of the scalar. We find that in a certain parameter range they can be approximated by simplest Starobinsky-like (E-model) -attractors, thus predicting and within CMB constraints. Supersymmetry (and -symmetry) is broken at a high scale with the gravitino mass GeV, and the fermionic sector also includes a heavy spin- field. In all the considered cases the inflaton is the lightest field of the model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2009.02203,
title = {$\alpha$-attractors from supersymmetry breaking},
author = {Yermek Aldabergenov and Auttakit Chatrabhuti and Hiroshi Isono},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.02203},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
26 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables. v2: updated version accepted to EPJC