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General Analysis of Inflation in the Jordan frame Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-12-06 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study various inflation models in the Jordan frame supergravity with a logarithmic Kahler potential. We find that, in a class of inflation models containing an additional singlet in the superpotential, three types of inflation can be realized: the Higgs-type inflation, power-law inflation, and chaotic inflation with/without a running kinetic term. The former two are possible if the holomorphic function dominates over the non-holomorphic one in the frame function, while the chaotic inflation occurs when both are comparable. Interestingly, the fractional-power potential can be realized by the running kinetic term. We also discuss the implication for the Higgs inflation in supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.1009.3399,
  title  = {General Analysis of Inflation in the Jordan frame Supergravity},
  author = {Kazunori Nakayama and Fuminobu Takahashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.3399},
  year   = {2010}
}

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16 pages, 1 figure