Kaehler Potentials for Hilltop F-term Hybrid Inflation

TL;DR

This paper explores how specific Kaehler potentials can resolve the eta problem in F-term hybrid inflation models, enabling hilltop inflation and matching observational spectral index values.

Contribution

It introduces a class of Kaehler potentials that address the eta problem and facilitate hilltop F-term hybrid inflation consistent with observations.

Findings

Achieves acceptable spectral index values for inflation.

Identifies parameter ranges for coupling constants and supergravity corrections.

Aligns GUT scale with SUSY expectations under certain conditions.

Abstract

We consider the basic supersymmetric (SUSY) models of F-term hybrid inflation (FHI). We show that a simple class of Kaehler potentials ensures a resolution to the \eta problem and allows for inflation of hilltop type. As a consequence, observationally acceptable values for the spectral index, ns, can be achieved constraining the coefficient c4k of the quartic supergravity correction to the inflationary potential. For about the central value of ns, in the case of standard FHI, the grand unification (GUT) scale turns out to be well below its SUSY value with the relevant coupling constant \kappa in the range (0.0006-0.15) and c4k=-(1100-0.05). In the case of shifted [smooth] FHI, the GUT scale can be identified with its SUSY value for c4k=-16 [c4k=-1/16].