A no-scale supergravity framework for sub-Planckian physics

John Ellis, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, Keith A. Olive

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Abstract

We propose a minimal model framework for physics below the Planck scale with the following features: (i) it is based on no-scale supergravity, as favored in many string compactifications, (ii) it incorporates Starobinsky-like inflation, and hence is compatible with constraints from the Planck satellite, (iii) the inflaton may be identified with a singlet field in a seesaw model for neutrino masses, providing an efficient scenario for reheating and leptogenesis, (iv) supersymmetry breaking occurs with an arbitrary scale and a cosmological constant that vanishes before radiative corrections, and (v) regions of the model parameter space are compatible with all LHC, Higgs boson, and dark matter constraints.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number043502
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume89
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 3 2014

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