Shaposhnikov, MikhailTkachev, Igor2010-09-072010-09-072010-09-07200610.1016/j.physletb.2006.06.0632-s2.0-33746342781https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/52975WOS:000239741200002We show how to enlarge the νMSM (the minimal extension of the Standard Model by three right-handed neutrinos) to incorporate inflation and provide a common source for electroweak symmetry breaking and for right-handed neutrino masses. In addition to inflation, the resulting theory can explain simultaneously dark matter and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe; it is consistent with experiments on neutrino oscillations and with all astrophysical and cosmological constraints on sterile neutrino as a dark matter candidate. The mass of inflaton can be much smaller than the electroweak scale. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.text::journal::journal article::research article