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The Standard Model Higgs boson as the inflaton
Physics Letters B · 2007 · Vol. 659(3) · pp. 703–706
Fedor Bezrukov✉(École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)Mikhail Shaposhnikov(École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Abstract
We argue that the Higgs boson of the Standard Model can lead to inflation and produce cosmological perturbations in accordance with observations. An essential requirement is the non-minimal coupling of the Higgs scalar field to gravity; no new particle besides already present in the electroweak theory is required.
Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsEarth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionInflatonHiggs bosonElectroweak interactionParticle physicsPhysicsHiggs fieldTechnicolorStandard Model (mathematical formulation)Inflation (cosmology)Higgs mechanism
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