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We propose a general scenario for moduli stabilization where low-energy supersymmetry can be accommodated with a high scale of inflation. The key ingredient is that the stabilization of the modulus field during and after inflation is not associated with a single, common scale, but relies on two different mechanisms. We illustrate this general scenario in a simple example, where during inflation the modulus is stabilized with a large mass by a Kähler potential coupling to the field which provides the inflationary vacuum energy via its F-term. After inflation, the modulus is stabilized, for instance, by a KKLT superpotential.
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Antusch, S., Dutta, K. & Halter, S. Combining high-scale inflation with low-energy SUSY. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 105 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2012)105
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