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Supersymmetric hybrid inflation with a light scalar

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-08-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Light scalar fields present during inflation can lead to interesting observable signatures, especially in models with non-equilibrium reheating dynamics. We study a supersymmetric hybrid inflation model with a third scalar whose lightness is protected by symmetry, using analytical and numerical techniques, and demonstrate that the amplitude, the spectral index and the non-Gaussianity parameter fNL of the primordial curvature perturbation are within the Planck observational bounds for suitable parameter values.

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@article{arxiv.1304.8041,
  title  = {Supersymmetric hybrid inflation with a light scalar},
  author = {Stefano Orani and Arttu Rajantie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.8041},
  year   = {2013}
}

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8 pages, 7 figures, v2: updated to journal version