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TY - JOUR
T1 - The curvaton scenario in the MSSM and predictions for non-Gaussianity
AU - Mazumdar, Anupam
AU - Nadathur, Seshadri
N1 - 4 pages, no figures © 2012 American Physical Society
PY - 2012/3/13
Y1 - 2012/3/13
N2 - We provide a model in which both the inflaton and the curvaton are obtained from within the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model, with known gauge and Yukawa interactions. Since now both the inflaton and curvaton fields are successfully embedded within the same sector, their decay products thermalize very quickly before the electroweak scale. This results in two important features of the model: firstly, there will be no residual isocurvature perturbations, and secondly, observable non-Gaussianities can be generated with the non-Gaussianity parameter $f_\mathrm{NL}\sim {\cal O}(5-1000)$ being determined solely by the combination of weak-scale physics and the Standard Model Yukawas.
AB - We provide a model in which both the inflaton and the curvaton are obtained from within the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model, with known gauge and Yukawa interactions. Since now both the inflaton and curvaton fields are successfully embedded within the same sector, their decay products thermalize very quickly before the electroweak scale. This results in two important features of the model: firstly, there will be no residual isocurvature perturbations, and secondly, observable non-Gaussianities can be generated with the non-Gaussianity parameter $f_\mathrm{NL}\sim {\cal O}(5-1000)$ being determined solely by the combination of weak-scale physics and the Standard Model Yukawas.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.111302
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.111302
M3 - Journal article
VL - 108
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 11
M1 - 111302
ER -