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TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying the curvaton within MSSM
AU - Allahverdi, Rouzbeh
AU - Enqvist, Kari
AU - Jokinen, Asko
AU - Mazumdar, Anupam
N1 - 9 pages. Discussion on the evaporation of condensate added, final version published in JCAP
PY - 2006/10/9
Y1 - 2006/10/9
N2 - We consider inflaton couplings to MSSM flat directions and the thermalization of the inflaton decay products, taking into account gauge symmetry breaking due to flat direction condensates. We then search for a suitable curvaton candidate among the flat directions, requiring an early thermally induced start for the flat direction oscillations to facilitate the necessary curvaton energy density dominance. We demonstrate that the supersymmetry breaking $A$-term is crucial for achieving a successful curvaton scenario. Among the many possible candidates, we identify the ${\bf u_1dd}$ flat direction as a viable MSSM curvaton.
AB - We consider inflaton couplings to MSSM flat directions and the thermalization of the inflaton decay products, taking into account gauge symmetry breaking due to flat direction condensates. We then search for a suitable curvaton candidate among the flat directions, requiring an early thermally induced start for the flat direction oscillations to facilitate the necessary curvaton energy density dominance. We demonstrate that the supersymmetry breaking $A$-term is crucial for achieving a successful curvaton scenario. Among the many possible candidates, we identify the ${\bf u_1dd}$ flat direction as a viable MSSM curvaton.
KW - inflation
KW - physics of the early universe
U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/10/007
DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/10/007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2006
JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
SN - 1475-7516
IS - 10
M1 - 7
ER -