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F-term inflation in Superstring Theories

A supersymmetric inflationary stage dominated by an $F$-term has the problem that the flatness of the potential is spoiled by supergravity corrections, that is the slow-roll parameter $\eta$ gets contributions of order unity. We show that in $F$-term inflationary models based on strings there is nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Casas, J.A., Gelmini, G.B., Riotto, A.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00683-8
http://cds.cern.ch/record/383052
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Sumario:A supersymmetric inflationary stage dominated by an $F$-term has the problem that the flatness of the potential is spoiled by supergravity corrections, that is the slow-roll parameter $\eta$ gets contributions of order unity. We show that in $F$-term inflationary models based on strings there is natural way of obtaining small values of $\eta$. This happens in models of hybrid inflation based on orbifold constructions, in which a modulus $T$ field is responsible for the large value of the potential during inflation, and a second field illustrate the mechanism with a model in which the inflaton potential is provided by gaugino condensation, leading to succesful inflation.