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Title: Superstring-inspired particle cosmology: inflation, neutrino masses, leptogenesis, dark matter & the SUSY scale

Abstract

We develop a string-inspired model for particle cosmology, based on a flipped SU(5)×U(1) gauge group formulated in a no-scale supergravity framework. The model realizes Starobinsky-like inflation, which we assume to be followed by strong reheating, with the GUT symmetry being broken subsequently by a light ‘flaton’ field whose decay generates a second stage of reheating. We discuss the production of gravitinos and the non-thermal contribution made by their decays to the density of cold dark matter, which is assumed to be provided by the lightest neutralino. We also discuss the masses of light and heavy neutrinos and leptogenesis. As discussed previously, a key rôle is played by a superpotential coupling between the inflaton, matter and GUT Higgs fields, called λ6. We scan over possible values of λ6, exploring the correlations between the possible values of observables. We emphasize that the release of entropy during the GUT transition allows large regions of supersymmetry-breaking parameter space that would otherwise lead to severe overdensity of dark matter. Furthermore, we find that the Big Bang nucleosynthesis lower limit on the reheating temperature of ~ 1 MeV restricts the supersymmetry-breaking scale to a range O(10) TeV that is consistent with the absence of supersymmetric particlesmore » at the LHC.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. King's College, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics. Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group; European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland). Theoretical Physics Dept.; National Inst. of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn (Estonia)
  2. Instituto de Fısica Teorica (IFT) UAM-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid (Spain)
  3. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  4. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell Inst. for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy; Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), Mitchell Campus, Woodlands, TX (United States). Astroparticle Physics Group; Academy of Athens (Greece). Division of Natural Sciences
  5. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). School of Physics and Astronomy. William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Inst.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1802181
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0010813; SC0011842; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2020; Journal Issue: 01; Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics

Citation Formats

Ellis, John, Garcia, Marcos A. G., Nagata, Natsumi, Nanopoulos, Dimitri V., and Olive, Keith A. Superstring-inspired particle cosmology: inflation, neutrino masses, leptogenesis, dark matter & the SUSY scale. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/035.
Ellis, John, Garcia, Marcos A. G., Nagata, Natsumi, Nanopoulos, Dimitri V., & Olive, Keith A. Superstring-inspired particle cosmology: inflation, neutrino masses, leptogenesis, dark matter & the SUSY scale. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/035
Ellis, John, Garcia, Marcos A. G., Nagata, Natsumi, Nanopoulos, Dimitri V., and Olive, Keith A. Wed . "Superstring-inspired particle cosmology: inflation, neutrino masses, leptogenesis, dark matter & the SUSY scale". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/035. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1802181.
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abstractNote = {We develop a string-inspired model for particle cosmology, based on a flipped SU(5)×U(1) gauge group formulated in a no-scale supergravity framework. The model realizes Starobinsky-like inflation, which we assume to be followed by strong reheating, with the GUT symmetry being broken subsequently by a light ‘flaton’ field whose decay generates a second stage of reheating. We discuss the production of gravitinos and the non-thermal contribution made by their decays to the density of cold dark matter, which is assumed to be provided by the lightest neutralino. We also discuss the masses of light and heavy neutrinos and leptogenesis. As discussed previously, a key rôle is played by a superpotential coupling between the inflaton, matter and GUT Higgs fields, called λ6. We scan over possible values of λ6, exploring the correlations between the possible values of observables. We emphasize that the release of entropy during the GUT transition allows large regions of supersymmetry-breaking parameter space that would otherwise lead to severe overdensity of dark matter. Furthermore, we find that the Big Bang nucleosynthesis lower limit on the reheating temperature of ~ 1 MeV restricts the supersymmetry-breaking scale to a range O(10) TeV that is consistent with the absence of supersymmetric particles at the LHC.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2020/01/035},
journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
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volume = 2020,
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2020},
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