Minimal Higgs inflation

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2017.04.005zbMATH Open1361.83030arXiv1606.08179OpenAlexW2464585390WikidataQ126092809 ScholiaQ126092809MaRDI QIDQ529322FDOQ529322

Debaprasad Maity

Publication date: 18 May 2017

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we propose two simple minimal Higgs inflation scenarios through a simple modification of the Higgs potential, as opposed to the usual non-minimal Higgs-gravity coupling prescription. The modification is done in such a way that it creates a flat plateau for a huge range of field values at the inflationary energy scale $musimeq(lambda{)}^{1/4}alpha$. Assuming the perturbative Higgs quartic coupling, $lambdasimeqcalO(1)$, for both the models inflation energy scale turned out to be $musimeq(10^{14},10^{15})$ GeV, and prediction of all the cosmologically relevant quantities, $(n_s,r,d{n}_s^k)$, fit extremely well with observations made by PLANCK. Considering observed central value of the scalar spectral index, $n_s=0.968$, our two models predict efolding number, $N=(52,47)$. Within a wide range of viable parameter space, we found that the prediction of tensor to scalar ratio $r(leq10^{-5})$ is far below the current experimental sensitivity to be observed in the near future. The prediction for the running of scalar spectral index, $d{n}_s^k$, approximately remains the same as was predicted by the usual chaotic and quartic inflation scenario. We also the computed the background field dependent unitarity scale $Lambda(h)$, which turned out to be much larger than the aforementioned inflationary energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.08179

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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