Polynomial Inflation and Dark Matter
Abstract
We present a minimal UV complete framework to embed inflation and dark matter by extending the standard model with a singlet real scalar field (the inflaton) and a singlet fermonic field acting as dark matter. The inflaton features the most general renormalizable polynomial up to quartic order, which is flat due to the existence of a perturbed inflection-point, comfortably fitting CMB measurements. We also analyze (p)reheating by considering the Higgs production via inflaton decay. In the early universe, dark matter can be generated by the mediation of gravitons or inflatons. However, the production via the direct decay of the inflatons dominates, making viable a large range of dark matter masses, from GeV to GeV.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2106.03950,
title = {Polynomial Inflation and Dark Matter},
author = {Nicolás Bernal and Yong Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.03950},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
V1:20 pages, 4 figures; V2: references updated, typos corrected, version accepted in EPJC with minor modification