Generalized Models for Inflationary Preheating: Oscillations and Symmetries
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| author | Barrowes, Leia Adams, Fred C. Bloch, Anthony M. Giblin, Jr., John T. Watson, Scott |
| author_facet | Barrowes, Leia Adams, Fred C. Bloch, Anthony M. Giblin, Jr., John T. Watson, Scott |
| contents | The paradigm of the inflationary universe provides a possible explanation for several observed cosmological properties. In order for such solutions to be successful, the universe must convert the energy stored in the inflaton potential into standard model particles through a process known as reheating. In this paper, we reconsider the reheating process for the case where the inflaton potential respects an approximate (but spontaneously broken) conformal symmetry during the reheating epoch. After reviewing the Effective Field Theory of Reheating, we present solutions for the nonlinear oscillations of the inflaton field, derive the corresponding Hill's equation for the coupled reheating field, and determine the stability diagram for parametric resonance. For this class of models -- the simplest realization being a scalar field with a quartic term -- the expansion of the universe drives the coupled field toward a more unstable part of parameter space, in contrast to the standard case. We also generalize this class of models to include quadratic breaking terms in the potential during the reheating epoch and address the process of stability in that universality class of models. |
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| spellingShingle | Generalized Models for Inflationary Preheating: Oscillations and Symmetries Barrowes, Leia Adams, Fred C. Bloch, Anthony M. Giblin, Jr., John T. Watson, Scott Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics The paradigm of the inflationary universe provides a possible explanation for several observed cosmological properties. In order for such solutions to be successful, the universe must convert the energy stored in the inflaton potential into standard model particles through a process known as reheating. In this paper, we reconsider the reheating process for the case where the inflaton potential respects an approximate (but spontaneously broken) conformal symmetry during the reheating epoch. After reviewing the Effective Field Theory of Reheating, we present solutions for the nonlinear oscillations of the inflaton field, derive the corresponding Hill's equation for the coupled reheating field, and determine the stability diagram for parametric resonance. For this class of models -- the simplest realization being a scalar field with a quartic term -- the expansion of the universe drives the coupled field toward a more unstable part of parameter space, in contrast to the standard case. We also generalize this class of models to include quadratic breaking terms in the potential during the reheating epoch and address the process of stability in that universality class of models. |
| title | Generalized Models for Inflationary Preheating: Oscillations and Symmetries |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13083 |