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TY - JOUR
T1 - Possible resolution of the domain wall problem in the NMSSM
AU - Mazumdar, Anupam
AU - Saikawa, Ken'ichi
AU - Yamaguchi, Masahide
AU - Yokoyama, Jun'ichi
PY - 2016/1/5
Y1 - 2016/1/5
N2 - We discuss a possibility that the domain wall problem in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model is alleviated without introducing a small explicit Z3 breaking term by analyzing the evolution of the singlet scalar field within an inflationary paradigm. The singlet scalar field which explains the μ-term tracks a time-varying minimum of the effective potential after inflation and slowly rolls down to its global minimum if there exist sufficiently large negative Hubble-induced corrections on the effective potential for the singlet field, which arise through supergravity. As a consequence, the whole Universe is confined within a single domain during and after inflation, which prevents the formation of domain walls. This will further constrain the history of the early Universe along with the Higgs-singlet coupling.
AB - We discuss a possibility that the domain wall problem in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model is alleviated without introducing a small explicit Z3 breaking term by analyzing the evolution of the singlet scalar field within an inflationary paradigm. The singlet scalar field which explains the μ-term tracks a time-varying minimum of the effective potential after inflation and slowly rolls down to its global minimum if there exist sufficiently large negative Hubble-induced corrections on the effective potential for the singlet field, which arise through supergravity. As a consequence, the whole Universe is confined within a single domain during and after inflation, which prevents the formation of domain walls. This will further constrain the history of the early Universe along with the Higgs-singlet coupling.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.025002
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.025002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 93
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 2
M1 - 8
ER -