27–29 May 2019
Physicum
Europe/Helsinki timezone

Gravity track of Higgs inflation

27 May 2019, 16:25
20m
Auditorium E204 (Physicum)

Auditorium E204

Physicum

Physicum, Kumpula campus Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a, Helsinki.

Speaker

Syksy Räsänen (University of Helsinki)

Description

Using the Standard Model Higgs as the inflation is attractively economical. However, there are complications both on the side of quantum corrections and gravity. I will discuss possibilities and problems due to such complications. In particular I will cover how Higgs inflation can be used to distinguish between different gravitational degrees of freedom to find what spacetime is made of.

Primary author

Syksy Räsänen (University of Helsinki)

Presentation materials