Published March 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Inflation might be caused by the right

Creators

  • 1. Departament de Fisica Teorica and IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46100, Burjassot (Spain)

Description

We show that the scalar field that drives inflation can have a dynamical origin, being a strongly coupled right handed neutrino condensate. The resulting model is phenomenologically tightly constrained, and can be experimentally (dis)probed in the near future. The mass of the right handed neutrino obtained this way (a crucial ingredient to obtain the right light neutrino spectrum within the see-saw mechanism in a complete three generation framework) is related to that of the inflaton and both completely determine the inflation features that can be tested by current and planned experiments.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/102

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
03
Journal Issue
2009
Journal Page Range
p. 102
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41062636
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
EXPERIMENT PLANNING; MASS; NEUTRINOS; SCALAR FIELDS; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PLANNING