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Renormalization-group improved inflationary scenarios

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The possibility to construct an inflationary scenario for renormalization-group improved potentials corresponding to the Higgs sector of quantum field models is investigated. Taking into account quantum corrections to the renormalization-group potential which sums all leading logs of perturbation theory is essential for a successful realization of the inflationary scenario, with very reasonable parameters values. The scalar electrodynamics inflationary scenario thus obtained are seen to be in good agreement with the most recent observational data.

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Pozdeeva, E.O., Vernov, S.Y. Renormalization-group improved inflationary scenarios. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 14, 386–389 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477117020273

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