The Standard Model Higgs boson as the inflaton
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We argue that the Higgs boson of the Standard Model can lead to inflation and produce cosmological perturbations in accordance with observations. An essential requirement is the non-minimal coupling of the Higgs scalar field to gravity; no new particle besides already present in the electroweak theory is required.
5 pages, 2 figures. Journal version -- discussion added and typos corrected
5 pages, 2 figures. Journal version -- discussion added and typos corrected