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Smooth Hybrid Inflation and Non-Thermal Type II Leptogenesis

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-05-30 v1

Abstract

We consider a smooth hybrid inflation scenario based on a supersymmetric SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R x U(1)_B-L model. The Higgs triplets involved in the model play a key role in inflation as well as in explaining the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe. We show that the baryon asymmetry can originate via non-thermal triplet leptogenesis from the decay of SU(2)_L triplets, whose tiny vacuum expectation values also provide masses for the light neutrinos.

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@article{arxiv.1208.0731,
  title  = {Smooth Hybrid Inflation and Non-Thermal Type II Leptogenesis},
  author = {Shaaban Khalil and Qaisar Shafi and Arunansu Sil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.0731},
  year   = {2013}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures