Moduli Stabilization

and
Moduli-Induced Gravitino Problem

Motoi ENDO (DESY&ICRR)

ME, K.Hamaguchi and F.Takahashi, to appear in PRL

SUSY’06, 12.Jun.2006
What is Moduli?

Scalar Fields in SUGRA/Superstring

Flat direction almost massless

Mass is given by stabilization

Weak Interaction Planck suppressed

Decay rate :
Cosmological Moduli Problem
[Coughlan,Fischler,Kolb,Raby&Ross;Banks,Kaplan&Nelson;
Carlos,Casas,Quevedo&Roulet]

Problem of Light and Long-Lived Scalar Field

decay can upset Thermal History

constraint on τφ

time
… Many Solutions Proposed

Heavy Moduli Scenario [Ellis,Nanopoulos&Quiros]

… depends on moduli stabilization

Enhanced Symmetry Points [Dine,Nir&Shadmi]

Large Hubble-Induced Mass [Linde]

Weak scale inflation [Randall&Thomas;Lyth&Stewart]

Domain wall [Kawasaki&Takahashi]

and more…
Heavy Moduli Scenario :
Mass is determined by moduli stabilization

Gaugino condensation (e.g. KKLT)

Racetrack

cf. Gravitino mass is bounded from above

Racetrack
Moduli-Induced Gravitino Problem
cf. Gravitino mass is bounded from above
Branching Ratios of Moduli Decay
Radiations e.g. dilatonic coupling,

Gravitino Production

indep. of mφ

[ME,Takahashi&Hamaguchi;Nakamura&Yamaguchi]
[cf. Brignole,Casas,Espinosa&Navarro]
Gravitino Production Rate :
Generically at vac. in mass-eigenstate basis,
where z is SUSY breaking field

Kaehler mixing :
φ and z are not protected by sym. at vac.

mass of SUSY breaking field (e.g. DSB)

cf. (accidentally) minimal Kaehler &

[Dine,Kitano,Morrise&Shirman;ME,Takahashi&Hamaguchi]
 Cosmological Bounds

allowed
[ME,Takahashi&Hamaguchi]
 Cosmological Bounds

Heavy Moduli Scenario is

Moduli-Induced Gravitino Problem

Inflation case is talked by Takahashi

[ME,Takahashi&Hamaguchi]
Possible Solutions of MIG Problem
dilution e.g. thermal inf., Q-ball, …
the field should be free from MIG problem
heavy Gravitino :
SUSY med. by superconformal anomaly

super-heavy moduli
supersymmetric stabilization
suppress κ at vac.
symmetry-preserved stabilization mechanism
Summary
Heavy moduli field is generically plagued
with the Moduli-Induced gravitino problem.

Solution:
moduli stabilization mechanism which
preserves symmetry @ vac.,
/ we require subtleties for the other sector.