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Matrix Inflation and the Landscape of its Potential
Amjad Ashoorioon, Hassan Firouzjahi, Mohammmad Mahdi Sheikh-Jabbari
Recently we introduced an inflationary setup in which the inflaton fields are matrix valued scalar fields with a generic quartic potential, M-flation. In this work we study the lan…
Strong electroweak phase transitions without collider traces
A. Ashoorioon, T. Konstandin
We discuss the question if the upcoming generation of collider and low-energy experiments can successfully probe the nature of the electroweak phase transition. In particular, we a…
Observing the Evolution of the Universe
James Aguirre, Alexandre Amblard, Amjad Ashoorioon +172
How did the universe evolve? The fine angular scale (l>1000) temperature and polarization anisotropies in the CMB are a Rosetta stone for understanding the evolution of the univers…
M-flation: Inflation From Matrix Valued Scalar Fields
Amjad Ashoorioon, Hassan Firouzjahi, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari
We propose an inflationary scenario, M-flation, in which inflation is driven by three hermitian matrices . The inflation potential of our model, which is…
The Origin of the Universe as Revealed Through the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background
S. Dodelson, R. Easther, S. Hanany +61
Modern cosmology has sharpened questions posed for millennia about the origin of our cosmic habitat. The age-old questions have been transformed into two pressing issues primed for…