2007

New developments on embedding inflation in gauge theory and particle physics

Mazumdar, A.

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In this brief review we will discuss how a well motivated particle theory beyond the eletroweak Standard Model provides ingredients and conditions for a successful inflation.

  • We will mainly focus on a low energy supersymmetric Standard Model which provides plenty of scalars.
  • In particular, these scalars span a multidimensional moduli space of {\it gauge invariant} operators which carry the Standard Model charges.
  • The inflationary predictions which matches the current observations are robust due to the fact that inflation occurs within our own gauge sector where the couplings are well known.

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