MG12 - Talk detail |
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Participant |
Steinwachs, Christian | |
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Institution |
Institute of Theoretical Physics/ University of Cologne - Zülpicher Str.77 - Cologne - North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany | |
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Session |
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Abstract |
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COM1 |
The Higgs field as an inflaton |
It is shown that the Higgs-Boson can serve as the inflaton if one assumes a strong non-minimal coupling to gravity and takes into account quantum corrections. This not only unifies two hypothetical mechanisms but builds a bridge between modern cosmology and particle physics. We predict a limiting range for the allowed values of the Higgs mass which could possibly be measured by future LHC experiments. Ref.: arXiv: 0904.1698 [hep-ph] |