2022/10/19 by Stephon Alexander, Alexander, Stephon
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2210.10735
openalex publication_date 2022/10/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present a model of Cosmological Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (CEWSB), where a Higgs-like field and a cosmological background of weak boson gauge fields interact with gravity to realize the epoch of cosmic inflation, which is then followed by a Higgs resonance preheating. As a result, the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking is linked with the end of inflation. The theory is equipped with a shift symmetry that can protect the Higgs mass, and it has close semblance to natural inflation and its variants. As the Higgs field's amplitude decays at the end of inflation, its mass emerges. The model has a built in Higgs self-resonance preheating mechanism which leads to the possible emergence of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) due to resonant Higgs, quark and lepton production after inflation. We provide a pathway to implement a similar mechanism with the realistic Higgs-doublet of the standard electroweak theory and discuss phenomenological considerations.