Low-scale supersymmetry from inflation
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)
We investigate an inflation model with the inflaton being identified with a Higgs boson responsible for the breaking of U(1){sub B−L} symmetry. We show that supersymmetry must remain a good symmetry at scales one order of magnitude below the inflation scale, in order for the inflation model to solve the horizon and flatness problems, as well as to account for the observed density perturbation. The upper bound on the soft supersymmetry breaking mass lies between 1 TeV and 10{sup 3} TeV. Interestingly, our finding opens up a possibility that universes with the low-scale supersymmetry are realized by the inflationary selection. Our inflation model has rich implications; non-thermal leptogenesis naturally works, and the gravitino and moduli problems as well as the moduli destabilization problem can be solved or ameliorated; the standard-model higgs boson receives a sizable radiative correction if the supersymmertry breaking takes a value on the high side ∼ 10{sup 3} TeV.
- OSTI ID:
- 22279693
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2011, Issue 10; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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