Asymptotically Safe Higgs Inflation
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2014-11-04 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We construct a new inflation model in which the standard model Higgs boson couples minimally to gravity and acts as the inflaton. Our construction of Higgs inflation incorporates the standard model with Einstein gravity which exhibits asymptotic safety in the ultraviolet region. The slow roll condition is satisfied at large field value due to the asymptotically safe behavior of Higgs self-coupling at high energies. We find that this minimal construction is highly predictive, and is consistent with both cosmological observations and collider experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1407.6993,
title = {Asymptotically Safe Higgs Inflation},
author = {Zhong-Zhi Xianyu and Hong-Jian He},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.6993},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
16pp, to match JCAP Final Version, only minor refinements, references added