Revisiting Higgs inflation in the context of collapse theories

TL;DR

This paper explores Higgs inflation within a spontaneous collapse framework, demonstrating that collapse theories can naturally address key issues faced by traditional Higgs inflation models.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of collapse theories to Higgs inflation, providing a new perspective that resolves some longstanding problems.

Findings

Collapse theories can naturally resolve Higgs inflation issues

The adapted CSL model is effective in inflationary cosmology

Spontaneous collapse offers a promising alternative to standard quantum treatments in cosmology

Abstract

In this work we consider the Higgs inflation scenario, but in contrast with past works, the present analysis is done in the context of a spontaneous collapse theory for the quantum state of the inflaton field. In particular, we will rely on a previously studied adaptation of the Continuous Spontaneous Localization model for the treatment of inflationary cosmology. We will show that with the introduction of the dynamical collapse hypothesis, some of the most serious problems of the Higgs inflation proposal can be resolved in a natural way.