On the robustness of the primordial power spectrum in renormalized Higgs inflation

Jun 15, 2017
11 pages
Published in:
  • JCAP 02 (2018) 040
  • Published: Feb 20, 2018
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study the cosmological consequences of higher-dimensional operators respecting the asymptotic symmetries of the tree-level Higgs inflation action. The main contribution of these operators to the renormalization group enhanced potential is localized in a compact field range, whose upper limit is close to the end of inflation. The spectrum of primordial fluctuations in the so-called universal regime turns out to be almost insensitive to radiative corrections and in excellent agreement with the present cosmological data. However, higher-dimensional operators can play an important role in critical Higgs inflation scenarios containing a quasi-inflection point along the inflationary trajectory. The interplay of radiative corrections with this quasi-inflection point may translate into a sizable modification of the inflationary observables.
Note:
  • 12 pages, 8 figures - matches the published version
  • operator: higher-dimensional
  • power spectrum: primordial
  • fluctuation: primordial
  • inflation
  • radiative correction
  • renormalization group
  • tree approximation
  • trajectory
  • Higgs model