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Combining High-scale Inflation with Low-energy SUSY

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-07-24 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We propose a general scenario for moduli stabilization where low-energy supersymmetry can be accommodated with a high scale of inflation. The key ingredient is that the stabilization of the modulus field during and after inflation is not associated with a single, common scale, but relies on two different mechanisms. We illustrate this general scenario in a simple example, where during inflation the modulus is stabilized with a large mass by a Kahler potential coupling to the field which provides the inflationary vacuum energy via its F-term. After inflation, the modulus is stabilized, for instance, by a KKLT superpotential.

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@article{arxiv.1112.4488,
  title  = {Combining High-scale Inflation with Low-energy SUSY},
  author = {Stefan Antusch and Koushik Dutta and Sebastian Halter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4488},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

24 pages, 2 figues. v2: Minor corrections. References added

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