Dark energy as a remnant of inflation and electroweak symmetry breaking
Abstract It is shown that dark energy can be obtained from the interplay of the Higgs boson and the inflaton. A key element is the realization that electroweak symmetry breaking can trigger a second phase of rolling of the inflaton, which, when provided with the appropriate couplings between the fie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-01-01
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Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP01(2019)029 |