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Standard Model mass spectrum in inflationary universe

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We work out the Standard Model (SM) mass spectrum during inflation with quantum corrections, and explore its observable consequences in the squeezed limit of non-Gaussianity. Both non-Higgs and Higgs inflation models are studied in detail. We also illustrate how some inflationary loop diagrams can be computed neatly by Wick-rotating the inflation background to Euclidean signature and by dimensional regularization.

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Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM Effective Field Theories 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute for Theory and ComputationHarvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsCambridgeU.S.A.
  2. 2.Department of PhysicsThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyKowloonP.R. China
  3. 3.Center of Mathematical Sciences and ApplicationsHarvard UniversityCambridgeU.S.A.

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