Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2010-01-06
Phys.Rept.497:85-215,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
275+3 pages, Review for Phys. Rept. (References added), Comments welcome
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physrep.2010.08.001
We review the particle theory origin of inflation and curvaton mechanisms for generating large scale structures and the observed temperature anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. Since inflaton or curvaton energy density creates all matter, it is important to understand the process of reheating and preheating into the relevant degrees of freedom required for the success of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. We discuss two distinct classes of models, one where inflaton and curvaton belong to the hidden sector, which are coupled to the Standard Model gauge sector very weakly. There is another class of models of inflaton and curvaton, which are embedded within Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) gauge group and beyond, and whose origins lie within gauge invariant combinations of supersymmetric quarks and leptons. Their masses and couplings are all well motivated from low energy physics, therefore such models provide us with a unique opportunity that they can be verified/falsified by the CMB data and also by the future collider and non-collider based experiments. We then briefly discuss stringy origin of inflation, alternative cosmological scenarios, and bouncing universes.
Mazumdar Anupam
Rocher Jonathan
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