The Standard Model Higgs boson as the inflaton

被引:1569
作者
Bezrukov, Fedor [1 ,2 ]
Shaposhnikov, Mikhail [1 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Theor Phenomenes Phys, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
关键词
inflation; Higgs field; Standard Model; Variable Planck mass; non-minimal coupling;
D O I
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.072
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:703 / 706
页数:4
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