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arxiv: 1209.2277 · v2 · pith:EXHWRRD6new · submitted 2012-09-11 · ✦ hep-ph · astro-ph.CO· hep-th

Can Standard Model Higgs Seed the Formation of Structures in Our Universe?

classification ✦ hep-ph astro-ph.COhep-th
keywords higgsfieldcurvatoncurvatureinflatonmodelmodulatedperturbation
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We study the Standard Model Higgs field as a source for the primordial curvature perturbation, particularly in the curvaton and modulated reheating scenario. We conclude that the Higgs cannot play as a curvaton due to the small energy density when it decays, however the modulated reheating by Higgs can be a viable scenario. In the latter case, the non-Gaussianity is inevitably generated and strongly constrains the type of potential of inflaton field and Higgs-dependent interaction term. For the quadratic potential of the inflaton field with decay rate which non-linearly depends on the Higgs vacuum expectation value, the contribution of Higgs field to the primordial curvature perturbation must be less than 8%.

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