F-term multi-field inflation in supergravity without stabiliser superfields

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Abstract

Realising F -term slow-roll inflation in supergravity is non-trivial due to the well-known η-problem. The common strategy to solve the problem is to impose a shift symmetry on the Kähler potential, but this often leads to a negative potential in the large-field regime. To avoid negative potentials, an additional superfield called the stabiliser is usually added with a desired interaction. An alternative mechanism in supergravity, avoiding the use of a stabiliser superfield, was earlier proposed by two of us in the setup with a single chiral superfield having inflaton and goldstino amongst its field components. In this work, we extend that alternative mechanism to multi-superfield models of inflation, thereby providing a generic framework for embedding a wide class of single- and multi-field inflation models into supergravity. We illustrate our approach by several concrete examples of multi-field inflation and clarify the conditions required to avoid tachyonic instabilities during multi-field evolution. Our proposal significantly broadens the theoretical landscape of F -term inflation models in supergravity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number59
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2025
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2025

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Keywords

  • Classical Theories of Gravity
  • Cosmology of Theories BSM
  • de Sitter space
  • Supergravity Models

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