2013/07/31 by Fedor Bezrukov · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmic background radiation #Cosmic microwave background #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Higgs boson #Higgs field #Inflation (cosmology) #Inflaton #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantization (signal processing) #Quantum mechanics #Standard Model (mathematical formulation) #Theoretical physics #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/30/21/214001
published as Class. Quantum Grav. 30 (2013) 214001 · 21 pages, 4 figures. Journal version -- several clarifications and improved list of references
openalex publication_date 2013/10/04 · arxiv created 2013/10/08 · arxiv updated 2013/10/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The Higgs field of the pure Standard Model can lead to the inflationary expansion of the early Universe if it is non-minimally coupled to gravity. The model predicts Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) parameters in perfect agreement with the current observations and has implications for the Higgs boson mass. We review the model, its predictions, problems arising with its quantization and some closely related models.