Renormalization-group inflationary scalar electrodynamics and SU(5) scenarios confronted with Planck2013 and BICEP2 results [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1285


The possibility to construct inflationary models for the renormalization-group improved potentials corresponding to scalar electrodynamics and the $SU(2)$ and $SU(5)$ models is investigated. In all cases the tree-level potential, which corresponds to the cosmological constant in the Einstein frame, is seen to be not suitable for inflation. Instead of adding the Hilbert-Einstein term to the action, quantum corrections to the potential, coming from to the RG-equation, are included. The inflationary scenario is analyzed with unstable de Sitter solutions, only. For some reasonable values of the parameters, inflation is realized both for scalar electrodynamics and for the $SU(5)$ model, and the corresponding values of the coupling function are positive. For the finite $SU(2)$ model, de Sitter solutions are seen to exist if it corresponds to a minimally coupled scalar field with cosmological constant, this model being not suitable for inflation. In the $SU(2)$ gauge model a stable de Sitter solution exists, again not suitable for inflation, unless the exit from it occurs according to non-standard scenarios, which are not considered here. In the model with the $SU(5)$ RG-improved potential, the inflationary model obtained is seen to be in good agreement with the most recent observational data by Planck2013 and BICEP2.

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E. Elizalde, S. Odintsov, E. Pozdeeva, et. al.
Thu, 7 Aug 14
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Comments: 21 pages, 3 figures