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Higgs-inflaton coupling from reheating and the metastable Universe

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arxiv 1506.05106 v2 pith:3ZUCBTQ4 submitted 2015-06-16 hep-ph astro-ph.CO

Higgs-inflaton coupling from reheating and the metastable Universe

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keywords couplinghiggshiggs-inflatoninflationuniverseabsentappearsboson
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Current Higgs boson and top quark data favor metastability of our vacuum which raises questions as to why the Universe has chosen an energetically disfavored state and remained there during inflation. In this Letter, we point out that these problems can be solved by a Higgs-inflaton coupling which appears in realistic models of inflation. Since an inflaton must couple to the Standard Model particles either directly or indirectly, such a coupling is generated radiatively, even if absent at tree level. As a result, the dynamics of the Higgs field can change dramatically.

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