Higgs Chaotic Inflation in Standard Model and NMSSM
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-02-15 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We construct a chaotic inflation model in which the Higgs fields play the role of the inflaton in the standard model as well as in the singlet extension of the supersymmetric standard model. The key idea is to allow a non-canonical kinetic term for the Higgs field. The model is a realization of the recently proposed running kinetic inflation, in which the coefficient of the kinetic term grows as the inflaton field. The inflaton potential depends on the structure of the Higgs kinetic term. For instance, the inflaton potential is proportional to phi^2 and phi^{2/3} in the standard model and NMSSM, respectively. It is also possible to have a flatter inflaton potential.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1008.4457,
title = {Higgs Chaotic Inflation in Standard Model and NMSSM},
author = {Kazunori Nakayama and Fuminobu Takahashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4457},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages. v2:discussion and references added