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Inflation scenario via the SM Higgs boson and LHC

Name: Inflation scenario via the SM Higgs boson and LHC
Start: 2008-12-10T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2008-12-10T12:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

by Prof. Andrei Barvinsky (Lebedev Institute, Moscow)

Wednesday 10 Dec 2008, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

1/1-025 (CERN)

1/1-025

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Description

The bounds on the Higgs mass following from WMAP data will be discussed, following a recently suggested model of inflation generated by the SM Higgs boson with a strong non-minimal curvature coupling.

References:

F.Bezrukov and M.Shaposhnikov, Phys. Lett. B659 (2008) 703, arXiv:0710.3755
A.O.Barvinsky, A.Yu.Kamenshchik and A.A.Starobinsky, JCAP {\bf 11} (2008) 021, arXiv:0809.2104

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Julien Lesgourgues