2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199491We 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 correctedHigh Energy Physics - TheoryAstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext