A no-scale supergravity framework for sub-Planckian physics

John Ellis, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, and Keith A. Olive
Phys. Rev. D 89, 043502 – Published 3 February 2014

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.

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  • Received 28 October 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.043502

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

John Ellis1,*, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos2,†, and Keith A. Olive3,‡

  • 1Department of Physics, Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom and Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
  • 2George P. and Cynthia W. Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA; Astroparticle Physics Group, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), Mitchell Campus, Woodlands, Texas 77381, USA; and Division of Natural Sciences, Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 10679, Greece
  • 3William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

  • *John.Ellis@cern.ch
  • dimitri@physics.tamu.edu
  • olive@physics.umn.edu

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Vol. 89, Iss. 4 — 15 February 2014

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