Title: | Higgs inflation and higher-order gravity in Palatini formulation |
Author: | Annala, Jaakko |
Other contributor: |
Helsingin yliopisto, Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science Helsingfors universitet, Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten |
Publisher: | Helsingin yliopisto |
Date: | 2020 |
Language: | eng |
URI: |
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202005292527
http://hdl.handle.net/10138/315503 |
Thesis level: | master's thesis |
Degree program: |
Alkeishiukkasfysiikan ja astrofysikaalisten tieteiden maisteriohjelma
Master's Programme in Particle physics and Astrophysical Sciences Magisterprogrammet i elementarpartikelfysik och astrofysikaliska vetenskaper |
Specialisation: |
Alkeishiukkasfysiikka ja kosmologia
Particle Physics and Cosmology Elementarpartikelfysik och kosmologi |
Discipline: | none |
Abstract: | We study how higher-order gravity affects Higgs inflation in the Palatini formulation. We first review the metric and Palatini formulations in comparative manner and discuss their differences. Next cosmic inflation driven by a scalar field and inflationary observables are discussed. After this we review the Higgs inflation and compute the inflationary observables both in the metric and Palatini formulations. We then consider adding higher-order terms of the curvature to the action. We derive the equations of motion for the most general action quadratic in the curvature that does not violate parity in both the metric and Palatini formulations. Finally we present a new result. We analyse Higgs inflation in the Palatini formulation with higher-order curvature terms. We consider a simplified scenario where only terms constructed from the symmetric part of the Ricci tensor are added to the action. This implies that there are no new gravitational degrees of freedom, which makes the analysis easier. As a new result we found out that the scalar perturbation spectrum is unchanged, but the tensor perturbation spectrum is suppressed by the higher-order curvature couplings. |
Subject: |
cosmology
inflation Higgs modifications of gravity Palatini formulation |
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