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A Next-to-Minimal model of Hybrid Inflation in Effective Supergravity Theories1 M. Bastero-Gil and S. F. King Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, 9 Southampton, SO17 1BJ, U. K. 9 9 1 Abstract b e We propose a model of inflation based on a simple variant of the NMSSM, F called φNMSSM where the additional singlet φ plays the role of the inflaton in 6 2 hybrid (or inverted hybrid) type models. The φNMSSM solves the µ problem of the MSSM via the vacuum expectation value of the gauge singlet N, but also 1 solves the strong CP problem through an approximate Peccei-Quinn symmetry. v 7 The potential energy which drives inflation originates from the F-term of the 7 effective supergravity theory which result from a generic string theory. In the 4 class of models considered the inflaton is protected from receiving mass during 2 0 inflation by a Heisenberg symmetry, avoiding the η problem. 9 9 / h Introduction p - p e Due to its intrinsic elegance, inflation [1] has become the almost universally accepted h : dogma for accounting for the flatness and homogeneity of the universe. One of the v i most popular versions of inflation these days is hybrid inflation, where there are (at X least) two fields at work: the slowly rolling inflaton field φ, and a second field N whose r a role is to end inflation by developing a non-zero vacuum expectation value (VEV)