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Clockwork inflation with non-minimal coupling

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-06-21 v2

Abstract

We suggest a clockwork mechanism for a Higgs-like inflation with the non-minimal coupling term ξϕ2R\xi\phi^2 R. The seemingly unnatural ratio of parameters, λ/ξ21010\lambda/\xi^2 \sim 10^{-10} of the self quartic coupling of the inflaton, λ\lambda, and the non-minimal coupling, ξ\xi, is understood by exponential suppression of λ\lambda by the clockwork mechanism, instead of a large non-minimal coupling. The portal interaction between the inflaton and the Standard Model (SM) Higgs doublet is introduced as a source of reheating and the inflaton mass. Successful realization of inflation requires that the inflaton gets a mass around (sub) GeV scale, which would lead to observable consequences depending on reheating process and its lifetime.

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@article{arxiv.1807.09952,
  title  = {Clockwork inflation with non-minimal coupling},
  author = {Seong Chan Park and Chang Sub Shin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.09952},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

6 pages, 1 figure, Minor modification in text, Refs added, Accepted for publication in European Physical Journal C

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