Higgs pole inflation with loop corrections in light of ACT results

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Autores principales: Han, Jeonghak, Lee, Hyun Min, Song, Jun-Ho
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Publicado: 2025
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author Han, Jeonghak
Lee, Hyun Min
Song, Jun-Ho
author_facet Han, Jeonghak
Lee, Hyun Min
Song, Jun-Ho
contents We present the Coleman-Weinberg potential for the inflaton in the pole inflation scenarios such as the Higgs pole inflation and the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) pole inflation. The loop corrections stem from the Standard Model particles and extra singlet scalar fields in the former case, making the quartic coupling for the Higgs inflaton modified by the inflaton-dependent power corrections during inflation. We also obtain similar power corrections to the quartic coupling for the PQ inflaton, depending on the realizations of the PQ symmetry in KSVZ and DFSZ models. We show that the loop corrections can shift the spectral index in the pole inflation to a larger value in favor of the ACT results, while being compatible with the bound on the tensor-to-scalar ratio. For a positive one-loop beta function for the inflaton quartic coupling (namely, $b_1>0$), a sub-dominant contribution from the two-loop corrections can be accommodated. On the other hand, if the one-loop beta function for the inflaton coupling is negative (namely, $b_1<0$), we need sizable contributions from two-loops that are larger than the one-loop corrections due to the ACT results.
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spellingShingle Higgs pole inflation with loop corrections in light of ACT results
Han, Jeonghak
Lee, Hyun Min
Song, Jun-Ho
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We present the Coleman-Weinberg potential for the inflaton in the pole inflation scenarios such as the Higgs pole inflation and the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) pole inflation. The loop corrections stem from the Standard Model particles and extra singlet scalar fields in the former case, making the quartic coupling for the Higgs inflaton modified by the inflaton-dependent power corrections during inflation. We also obtain similar power corrections to the quartic coupling for the PQ inflaton, depending on the realizations of the PQ symmetry in KSVZ and DFSZ models. We show that the loop corrections can shift the spectral index in the pole inflation to a larger value in favor of the ACT results, while being compatible with the bound on the tensor-to-scalar ratio. For a positive one-loop beta function for the inflaton quartic coupling (namely, $b_1>0$), a sub-dominant contribution from the two-loop corrections can be accommodated. On the other hand, if the one-loop beta function for the inflaton coupling is negative (namely, $b_1<0$), we need sizable contributions from two-loops that are larger than the one-loop corrections due to the ACT results.
title Higgs pole inflation with loop corrections in light of ACT results
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21189