Non-minimal Higgs Inflation and Frame Dependence in Cosmology

• Main Author: Steinwachs, Christian Friedrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This thesis explores the idea that the Higgs boson of the Standard Model and the cosmological inflaton are just two manifestations of one and the same scalar field - the Higgs-inflaton. By this unification two energy scales that are separated by many orders of magnitude are connected, thereby buildi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Cosmology
• Standard Model
• Effective Action and Renormalization Group
• One-Loop Cosmology and Frame Dependence
• Non-minimal Higgs Inflation
• Quantum Cosmology
• Summary and Outlook
• Riemann Curvature Tensor
• Variations and Derivatives
• Young Tableaux for Su (3)
• Synge's World Function.