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 ; 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 , has a mass of order , 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