Strong dynamics and natural inflation

Shiu, Gary; Staessens, Wieland

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.083504

Title: Strong dynamics and natural inflation

Abstract

We continue our investigation of the 4D effective field theory for closed string axions in type II compactifications with D-branes. The inclusion of Stückelberg couplings for the axions requires the presence of chiral fermions at D-brane intersections, whose interactions at strong non-Abelian gauge coupling induce mass terms for the axions and scalar chiral condensate excitations, dubbed infladrons. The setup allows for a realization of naturallike inflation with a closed string axion as inflaton and a flattened scalar potential due to the backreaction of the more massive infladrons. We further point out that this large field inflationary model is not compromised by axionic wormhole corrections.

Authors:: Shiu, Gary; Staessens, Wieland

Publication Date:: 2018-10-01

Research Org.:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1475097

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1612735

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017647

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review D

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; Axions; Cosmology; Inflation; String phenomenology; Strings & branes

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  title        = {Strong dynamics and natural inflation},

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  abstractNote = {We continue our investigation of the 4D effective field theory for closed string axions in type II compactifications with D-branes. The inclusion of Stückelberg couplings for the axions requires the presence of chiral fermions at D-brane intersections, whose interactions at strong non-Abelian gauge coupling induce mass terms for the axions and scalar chiral condensate excitations, dubbed infladrons. The setup allows for a realization of naturallike inflation with a closed string axion as inflaton and a flattened scalar potential due to the backreaction of the more massive infladrons. We further point out that this large field inflationary model is not compromised by axionic wormhole corrections.},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

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