Conformal inflation from the Higgs

We modify the conformal inflation set-up of [1], with a local Weyl invariance, a dynamical Planck scale and an SO(1, 1) invariance at high energies, in order to be able to identify the physical scalar with the physical Higgs at low energies, similar to the cyclic Higgs models of [2]. We obtain a gen...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Costa, Renato [UNESP], Nastase, Horatiu [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2014
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/113033
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)145
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/113033
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM
Higgs Physics
Classical Theories of Gravity
Descrição
Resumo:We modify the conformal inflation set-up of [1], with a local Weyl invariance, a dynamical Planck scale and an SO(1, 1) invariance at high energies, in order to be able to identify the physical scalar with the physical Higgs at low energies, similar to the cyclic Higgs models of [2]. We obtain a general class of exponentially-corrected potentials that gives a generalized Starobinsky model with an infinite series of R-p corrections, tracing a line in the (r, n(s) ) plane for CMB fluctuations, with an r that can be made to agree with the recent BICEP2 measurement. Introducing a coupling different from the conformal value, thus breaking the local Weyl symmetry, leads nevertheless to a very strong attractor motion towards the generalized Starobinsky line.