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Inflation in supergravity without Kahler potential

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-12-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We propose a new class of inflation models in supergravity with higher derivative terms. In those models, the K\"ahler potential does not contain the inflaton multiplet, but a supersymmetric derivative term does. In the models, inflation is effectively driven by a single scalar field with a standard kinetic term and a scalar potential. Remarkably, the so-called η\eta problem does not exist in our models.

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@article{arxiv.1409.4183,
  title  = {Inflation in supergravity without Kahler potential},
  author = {Shuntaro Aoki and Yusuke Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.4183},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5pages, v2; references added

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