| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10724508 | Physics Letters B | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We argue that the Higgs boson of the Standard Model can lead to inflation and produce cosmological perturbations in accordance with observations. An essential requirement is the non-minimal coupling of the Higgs scalar field to gravity; no new particle besides already present in the electroweak theory is required.
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Authors
Fedor Bezrukov, Mikhail Shaposhnikov,