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Inflation at the Electroweak Scale

Astrophysics 2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present a simple model for slow-rollover inflation where the vacuum energy that drives inflation is of the order of GF2G_F^{-2}; unlike most models, the conversion of vacuum energy to radiation (``reheating'') is moderately efficient. The scalar field responsible for inflation is a standard-model singlet, develops a vacuum expectation value of the order of 4×106\GeV4\times 10^6\GeV, has a mass of order 1\GeV1\GeV, and can play a role in electroweak phenomena.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9209006,
  title  = {Inflation at the Electroweak Scale},
  author = {L. Knox and M. S. Turner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9209006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages