Classical and quantum initial conditions for Higgs inflation

We investigate whether Higgs inflation can occur in the Standard Model starting from natural initial conditions or not. The Higgs has a non-minimal coupling to the Ricci scalar. We confine our attention to the regime where quantum Einstein gravity effects are small in order to have results that are...

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Main Authors: Alberto Salvio, Anupam Mazumdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Physics Letters B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315006954