α-attractors from supersymmetry breaking

We construct new models of inflation and spontaneous supersymmetry breaking in de Sitter vacuum, with a single chiral superfield, where inflaton is the superpartner of the goldstino. Our approach is based on hyperbolic Kahler geometry, and a gauged (non-axionic) U(1)(R) symmetry rotating the chiral scalar field by a phase. The U(1)(R) gauge field combines with the angular component of the chiral scalar to form a massive vector, and single-field inflation is driven by the radial part of the scalar. We find that in a certain parameter range they can be approximated by simplest Starobinsky-like (E-model) alpha-attractors, thus predicting ns and r within 1 sigma CMB constraints. Supersymmetry (and R-symmetry) is broken at a high scale with the gravitino mass m(3/2) greater than or similar to 1014 GeV, and the fermionic sector also includes a heavy spin-1/2 field. In all the considered cases the inflaton is the lightest field of the model.

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This study introduces new models of inflation and spontaneous supersymmetry breaking with a single chiral superfield, where inflaton is the superpartner of the goldstino. Utilizing hyperbolic Kahler geometry and a gauged U(1)(R) symmetry, the models predict values of ns and r within 1 sigma of CMB constraints. Supersymmetry is broken at a high scale with the gravitino mass greater than or similar to 1014 GeV.