Quintessential inflation and nonlinear effects of the tachyonic trap mechanism

With the help of the tachyonic trapping mechanism one can potentially solve a number of problems affecting quintessential inflation models. In this mechanism we introduce a trapping field with a spontaneous symmetry breaking potential. When the quintessential inflaton passes the critical point, a su...

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Autores: Karčiauskas, Mindaugas, Rusak, Stanislav, Sáez Gonzalvo, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/706173
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/706173
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.043535
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inflation
Supergravity
Cosmos
Física
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Sumario:With the help of the tachyonic trapping mechanism one can potentially solve a number of problems affecting quintessential inflation models. In this mechanism we introduce a trapping field with a spontaneous symmetry breaking potential. When the quintessential inflaton passes the critical point, a sudden burst of particle production is able to reheat the Universe and trap the inflaton away from the minimum of its potential. However, self-interactions of the trapping field suppress particle production and reduce the efficiency of this process. We develop a method to compute the magnitude of the suppression and explore the parameter space in which the mechanism can be applied effectively