Dark matter chaotic inflation in light of BICEP2

Kyohei Mukaida, Kazunori Nakayama

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Abstract

We propose an economical model in which a singlet 2-odd scalar field accounts for the primordial inflation and the present dark matter abundance simultaneously in the light of recent BICEP2 result. Interestingly, the reheating temperature and the thermal dark matter abundance are closely connected by the same interaction between the singlet scalar and the standard model Higgs. In addition, the reheating temperature turns out to be quite high, TR ≳ 1012 GeV, and hence the thermal leptogenesis is compatible with this model. Therefore, it can be one of the simplest cosmological scenarios.

Original languageEnglish
Article number062
JournalJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume2014
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Aug 1

Keywords

  • cosmology of theories beyond the SM
  • inflation
  • particle physics - cosmology connection
  • physics of the early universe

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