TY - T1 - Feebly interacting dark matter particle as the inflaton SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/174157 T3 - A1 - Tenkanen, Tommi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - We present a scenario where a Z 2-symmetric scalar field ϕ first drives cosmic inflation, then reheats the Universe but remains out-of-equilibrium itself, and finally comprises the observed dark matter abundance, produced by particle decays à la freeze-in mechanism. We work model-independently without specifying the interactions of the scalar field besides its self-interaction coupling, $ϕ 4, non-minimal coupling to gravity, $ϕ 2 R, and coupling to another scalar field, gϕ 2 $ 2. We find the sca... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 114 Physical sciences N1 - PP - ER -