Testing supersymmetric Higgs inflation with non-Gaussianity
Abstract
We investigate multi-field signatures of the nonminimally coupled supersymmetric Higgs inflation-type cosmological scenario, focusing on the two-field Higgs-lepton inflation model as a concrete example. This type of inflationary model is realized in a theory beyond the Standard Model embedded in supergravity with a noncanonical K\"{a}hler potential. We employ the backward formalism to compute cosmological observables, including the scalar and tensor power spectra, the spectral indices, the tensor-to-scalar ratio and the local-type nonlinearity parameter. The trajectory of the inflaton is controlled by the initial conditions of the inflaton as well as by the coefficients in the K\"{a}hler potential. We analyze the bispectrum of the primordial fluctuations when the inflaton trajectory deviates from a straight line, and obtain constraints on the noncanonical terms of the K\"{a}hler potential using the Planck satellite data. Our analysis represents a concrete particle phenomenology-based case study of inflation in which primordial non-Gaussianities can reveal aspects of supergravity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1411.5188,
title = {Testing supersymmetric Higgs inflation with non-Gaussianity},
author = {Shinsuke Kawai and Jinsu Kim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5188},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
16 pages, 8 figures, revtex4. v2: typos corrected, comments and references added, version to be published, v3: typos corrected