Anders Basbøll (University og Sussex): SUSY flat directions: To ...

Consequences of Flat Directions­ Allahverdi, Mazumdar+co­authorshep­ph/0603244v2 and othersFD induce masses to inflaton decay products: No preheating [no massless scalars] Energy is stored in the flat direction. When FD decays – Reheating. Reheating temp. 10^3­10^7 GeV (not 10^9GeV) Avoids the (lack of) gravitino problem FD itself a candidate for the Inflaton!!!(LLE,UDD) Allahverdi et al. hep­ph/0605035v2Olive+Peloso hep­ph/0608096:Valid only if decay is nonperturbativeSPOILED if FD decays rapidly ­ likely.