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SUMMARY:What has the Higgs Boson got to do with Cosmology? - Malcolm Fairb
 airn (KCL)
DTSTART:20141117T130000Z
DTEND:20141117T140000Z
UID:TALK55370@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Yi Wang
DESCRIPTION:We look at how the (Brout-Englert-)Higgs Boson fits together w
 ith Cosmology\, in particular we discuss the different ways that the Higgs
  can play a role in inflation.  We will also discuss the constraints on th
 e stability of the Higgs vacuum in the standard model and how such issues 
 become much more acute if there is a period of cosmological inflation.  We
  therefore describe how the Higgs vacuum places constraints on physics bey
 ond the standard model and on the nature of the inflaton field.  We'll als
 o touch on the electroweak phase transition and how new physics such as da
 rk matter might make it more interesting (i.e. fun first order instead of 
 boring second order).
LOCATION:CMS\, Pav. B\, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room]
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