Leptogenesis from spontaneous symmetry breaking during inflation

Abstract Symmetry breaking in the Higgs field via a non-minimal coupling to gravity or higher-dimensional interactions with the inflaton can lead to condensation at a large vacuum expectation value (VEV) during inflation. After inflation is over, the Higgs field must relax to the minimum of its effe...

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Main Authors: Yi-Peng Wu, Louis Yang, Alexander Kusenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2019)088