Higgs Chaotic Inflation in Standard Model and NMSSM

TL;DR

This paper proposes a Higgs-based chaotic inflation model with non-canonical kinetic terms, applicable to the Standard Model and NMSSM, leading to different inflation potentials.

Contribution

It introduces a running kinetic inflation framework with Higgs fields acting as inflatons in both the Standard Model and NMSSM, with novel potential forms.

Findings

Inflaton potential proportional to phi^2 in Standard Model

Inflaton potential proportional to phi^{2/3} in NMSSM

Possible to achieve flatter inflaton potentials

Abstract

We construct a chaotic inflation model in which the Higgs fields play the role of the inflaton in the standard model as well as in the singlet extension of the supersymmetric standard model. The key idea is to allow a non-canonical kinetic term for the Higgs field. The model is a realization of the recently proposed running kinetic inflation, in which the coefficient of the kinetic term grows as the inflaton field. The inflaton potential depends on the structure of the Higgs kinetic term. For instance, the inflaton potential is proportional to phi^2 and phi^{2/3} in the standard model and NMSSM, respectively. It is also possible to have a flatter inflaton potential.