Light scalars and the cosmos: Nambu-Goldstone and otherwise

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTW141MaRDI QIDQ5347223zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael Dine

Publication date 22 May 2017

Published in PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.07359

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: This talk focuses on the role of light scalars in cosmology, both Nambu Goldstone bosons and pseudo moduli. The former include QCD axions, which might constitute the dark matter, and more general axions, which, under certain conditions, might play the role of inflatons, implementing {it natural inflation}. The latter are the actors in (generalized) hybrid inflation. They rather naturally yield large field inflation, even mimicking chaotic inflation for suitable ranges of parameters.

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