Relaxed Inflation

Relaxed Inflation
Walter Tangarife, Tel Aviv University
Date and time: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 - 2:15pm
Location: LGRT 419B
Category: ACFI Seminar
Abstract:
Recently, a new solution to the hierarchy problem was proposed under the name of "Relaxion". This is a mechanism that relies on the dynamics of a field during the early evolution of the universe and requires no new physics at the electroweak scale. I will review the basic ingredients of the original proposal and present our own efforts to improve it, emphasizing important aspects of particle production during inflation.