Published March 2019
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Journal article
Simple sinflaton-less α-attractors
Creators
- 1. Stanford University, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics (United States)
Description
We construct the simplest inflationary α-attractor models in supergravity: it has only one scalar, the inflaton. There is no sinflaton since the inflaton belongs to an orthogonal nilpotent superfield where the sinflaton depends on fermion bilinears. When the local supersymmetry is gauge-fixed, these models have only one single real scalar (the inflaton), a graviton and a massive gravitino. The sinflaton, sgoldstino and inflatino are all absent from the physical spectrum in the unitary gauge. The orthogonality condition leads to the simplest Kähler potential for the inflaton, while preserving the Poincaré disk geometry of α-attractors. The models are particularly simple in the framework of the induced geometric inflation.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2019
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-12
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 54067775
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATTRACTORS; COSMOLOGY; FERMIONS; GEOMETRY; GRAVITINOS; GRAVITONS; INFLATONS; SCALARS; SPECTRA; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SPARTICLES; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED FIELD THEORIES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2019 The Author(s)