https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4136-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Higgs Starobinsky inflation
Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK
* e-mail: x.calmet@sussex.ac.uk
Received:
12
January
2016
Accepted:
7
May
2016
Published online:
21
May
2016
In this paper we point out that Starobinsky inflation could be induced by quantum effects due to a large non-minimal coupling of the Higgs boson to the Ricci scalar. The Higgs Starobinsky mechanism provides a solution to issues attached to large Higgs field values in the early universe which in a metastable universe would not be a viable option. We verify explicitly that these large quantum corrections do not destabilize Starobinsky’s potential.
© The Author(s), 2016
