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MSSM-inspired multifield inflation
Despite the fact that experimentally with a high degree of statistical
significance only a single Standard Model--like Higgs boson is discovered at
the LHC, extended Higgs sectors with multiple scalar fields not excluded by
combined fits of the data are more preferable theoretically for internally
consistent realistic models of particle physics. We analyze the inflationary
scenarios which could be induced by the two-Higgs doublet potential of the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) where five scalar fields have
nonminimal couplings to gravity. Observables following from such MSSM-inspired
multifield inflation are calculated and a number of consistent inflationary
scenarios are constructed. Cosmological evolution with different initial
conditions for the multifield system leads to consequences fully compatible
with observational data on the spectral index and the tensor-to-scalar ratio.
It is demonstrated that the strong coupling approximation is precise enough to
describe such inflationary scenarios.Comment: 27 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables. Version to appear in JHEP. Additions
made to the text of the Introduction dealing with the issues of conformity of
this multifield model and models of N=1 supergravity (pages 2-3). Added new
inflationary scenarios, which are an artifact of such analysis (pages 11-12,
Tables 1-4). Additional comments on page 9 and page 13. New references adde
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