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The Standard Model Higgs boson as the inflaton |
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| Authors: | Fedor Bezrukov Mikhail Shaposhnikov |
| Institution: | 1. Institut de Théorie des Phénomènes Physiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;2. Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow 117312, Russia |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | 98 80 Cq 14 80 Bn |
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