Hilltop inflation with preinflation from coupling to matter fields
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel (Switzerland)
We propose a class of models of supersymmetric hilltop inflation (also called ''new inflation'') where the initial conditions of the inflaton close to the hilltop are generated through ''matter field preinflation''. This is achieved via a coupling term between the inflaton and matter fields (i.e. Standard Model fields or a right-handed neutrino). The same coupling also opens up a decay channel for the inflaton into Standard Model fields, which allows efficient reheating of the universe. We discuss the multifield dynamics of the inflaton and matter fields during inflation using the δN formalism and show under which conditions the model effectively reduces to single-field hilltop inflation during the last 60 e-folds. We also study perturbative reheating through the matter-inflaton coupling for a specific example where the matter field is identified with a right-handed (s)neutrino, and demonstrate that in this case the model can generate the observed baryon asymmetry through nonthermal leptogenesis.
- OSTI ID:
- 22373556
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2014, Issue 05; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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