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Primordial perturbations generated by Higgs field and $R^2$ operator

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-12-13 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

If the very early Universe is dominated by the non-minimally coupled Higgs field and Starobinsky's curvature-squared term together, the potential diagram would mimic the landscape of a valley, serving as a cosmological attractor. The inflationary dynamics along this valley is studied, model parameters are constrained against observational data, and the isocurvature perturbation is evaluated.

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@article{arxiv.1701.06636,
  title  = {Primordial perturbations generated by Higgs field and $R^2$ operator},
  author = {Yun-Chao Wang and Tower Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06636},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

14 pages, 5 figures, $\rho$-field redefined, Sect V and appendices enlarged