Irruption of massive particle species during inflation

Abstract

All species of (non-conformally-coupled) particles are produced during inflation so long as their mass $M$ is not too much larger than $H$, the expansion rate during inflation. It has been shown that if a particle species that is normally massive ($M\gg H$) couples to the inflaton field in such a way that its mass vanishes, or at least becomes small ($M<H$), for a particular value of the inflaton field, then not only are such particles produced, but an irruption of that particle species can occur during inflation. In this paper we analyze creation of a massive particle species during inflation in a variety of settings, paying particular attention to models which realize such an irruptive production mechanism.

arXiv comment36 pages, 11 figures. Published version

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