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Minimal Starobinsky supergravity coupled to dilaton-axion superfield

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-04-10 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The minimal Starobinsky supergravity with the inflaton (scalaron) and the goldstino in a massive vector supermultiplet is coupled to the dilaton-axion chiral superfield with the no-scale K\"ahler potential and a superpotential. The Kachru-Kallosh-Linde-Trivedi (KKLT)-type mechanism in the presence of a constant term in the superpotential is applied to stabilize the dilaton/axion during inflation, and it is shown to lead to an instability. The instability is cured by adding the alternative Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) term that does not lead to the gauged RR-symmetry. Other stabilization mechanisms, based on the Wess-Zumino (WZ)-type superpotential, are also studied in the presence of the FI term. A possible connection to a D3-brane is briefly discussed too.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2001.09574,
  title  = {Minimal Starobinsky supergravity coupled to dilaton-axion superfield},
  author = {Yermek Aldabergenov and Shuntaro Aoki and Sergei V. Ketov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.09574},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

24 pages, v2: references added. v3: Appendix C and some comments in section5 added. The equation (35) has been amended

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