Cosmological perturbations from the Standard Model Higgs

被引:23
作者
De Simone, Andrea [1 ,2 ]
Riotto, Antonio [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] SISSA, I-34136 Trieste, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34136 Trieste, Italy
[3] Univ Geneva, Dept Theoret Phys, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[4] CAP, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
particle physics - cosmology connection; inflation; DENSITY PERTURBATIONS; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; GRAVITY-WAVES; BOSON; MASS; FLUCTUATIONS; GENERATION; PROBE;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2013/02/014
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We propose that the Standard Model (SM) Higgs is responsible for generating the cosmological perturbations of the universe by acting as an isocurvature mode during a de Sitter inflationary stage. In view of the recent ATLAS and CMS results for the Higgs mass, this can happen if the Hubble rate during inflation is in the range (10(10) - 10(14)) GeV (depending on the SM parameters). Implications for the detection of primordial tensor perturbations through the B-mode of CMB polarization via the PLANCK satellite are discussed. For example, if the Higgs mass value is confirmed to be m(h) - 125.5 GeV and m(t), alpha(s) are at their central values, our mechanism predicts tensor perturbations too small to be detected in the near future. On the other hand, if tensor perturbations will be detected by PLANCK through the B-mode of CMB, then there is a definite relation between the Higgs and top masses, making the mechanism predictive and falsifiable.
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