“Semi-realistic” F-term inflation model building in supergravity

2006/08/31 by Ben Kain
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.03.014

published as Nucl.Phys.B800:270-297,2008 · 28 pages, 2 figures

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Abstract

We describe methods for building “semi-realistic” models of F-term inflation. By semi-realistic we mean that they are built in, and obey the requirements of, “semi-realistic” particle physics models. The particle physics models are taken to be effective supergravity theories derived from orbifold compactifications of string theory, and their requirements are taken to be modular invariance, absence of mass terms and stabilization of moduli. We review the particle physics models, their requirements and tools and methods for building inflation models.

Citations

• Duality, compactification, and effects in the heterotic string theory
• Gluino condensation in superstring models
• The generalized dilaton supersymmetry breaking scenario
• Fayet-Iliopoulos terms in string theory
• Preserving flat directions during inflation
• Supersymmetry and Supergravity
• Particle Physics Models of Inflation and the Cosmological Density Perturbation