Inflation at the Electroweak Scale
Abstract
We present a simple model for slow-rollover inflation where the vacuum energy that drives inflation is of the order of GF-2; unlike most models, the conversion of vacuum energy to radiation (``reheating'') is moderately efficient. The scalar field responsible for inflation is a standard-model singlet, develops a vacuum expectation value of the order of 4× 106, has a mass of order 1, and can play a role in electroweak phenomena.
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