Unified No-Scale Attractors [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1906.10176


We have presented previously a general treatment of Starobinsky-like inflation in no-scale supergravity where the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r = 3(1 – n_s)^2$, and $n_s$ is the tilt of the scalar perturbations. In particular, we have shown how this scenario can be unified with modulus fixing, supersymmetry breaking and a small cosmological constant. In this paper we extend these constructions to inflationary models based on generalized no-scale structures. In particular, we consider alternative values of the curvature parameter, $\alpha < 1$, as may occur if not all the complex K\”ahler moduli contribute to driving inflation, as well as $\alpha > 1$, as may occur if complex structure moduli also contribute to driving inflation. In all cases, we combine these $\alpha$-Starobinsky inflation models with supersymmetry breaking and a present-day cosmological constant, allowing for additional contributions to the vacuum energy from stages of gauge symmetry breaking.

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J. Ellis, D. Nanopoulos, K. Olive, et. al.
Thu, 27 Jun 19
55/62

Comments: 32 pages, 4 figures