Higgs Cosmology and Dark Matter

Moss, Ian; Gregory, Ruth

doi:10.22323/1.335.0010

Higgs Cosmology and Dark Matter

Moss, Ian; Gregory, Ruth

Authors

Ian Moss

Ruth Gregory

Abstract

Higgs vacuum stability has important consequences for cosmology. In particular, we argue that if the Higgs vacuum is metastable, then the dark matter cannot contain a single black hole of mass less than 1015g in our entire past light cone. In addition to being the destroyer microscopic black holes, it may be possible that Higgs vacuum decay is a source of primordial black holes during inflation.

Citation

Moss, I., & Gregory, R. (2018). Higgs Cosmology and Dark Matter. In 2nd World Summit : Exploring the dark side of the Universe (EDSU2018) - dark matter. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.335.0010

Conference Name	Proceedings of 2nd World Summit: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe — PoS(EDSU2018)
Conference Location	University of Antilles, Pointe-Ã ˘a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
Online Publication Date	Dec 18, 2018
Publication Date	Dec 18, 2018
Deposit Date	Jan 17, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Jan 17, 2019
Volume	335
Series Title	Proceedings of Science
Series ISSN	1824-8039
Book Title	2nd World Summit : Exploring the dark side of the Universe (EDSU2018) - dark matter.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.335.0010

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