The Standard Model Higgs boson as the inflaton
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.3755,
title = {The Standard Model Higgs boson as the inflaton},
author = {F. L. Bezrukov and M. E. Shaposhnikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.3755},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures. Journal version -- discussion added and typos corrected