Abstract
Abstract
We present a model of Cosmological Electroweak Symmetry
Breaking (CEWSB), where a Higgs-like field and a cosmological
background of weak boson gauge fields interact with gravity to
realize the epoch of cosmic inflation, which is then followed by a
Higgs resonance preheating. As a result, the scale of electroweak
symmetry breaking is linked with the end of inflation. The theory
is equipped with a shift symmetry that can protect the Higgs mass,
and it has close semblance to natural inflation and its variants.
As the Higgs field's amplitude decays at the end of inflation, its
mass emerges. The model has a built in Higgs self-resonance
preheating mechanism which leads to the possible emergence of the
cosmic microwave background (CMB) due to resonant Higgs, quark and
lepton production after inflation. We provide a pathway to
implement a similar mechanism with the realistic Higgs-doublet of
the standard electroweak theory and discuss phenomenological
considerations.
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics