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Scalar-tensor gravity with a non-minimally coupled Higgs field and accelerating universe

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We consider general couplings, including non-minimal derivative coupling, of a Higgs boson field to scalar-tensor gravity and calculate their contributions to the energy density and pressure in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime. In a special case where the kinetic term of the Higgs field is non-minimally coupled to the Einstein tensor, we seek de Sitter solutions for the cosmic scale factor and discuss the possibility that the late-time acceleration and the inflationary era of our universe can be described by means of scalar fields with self-interactions and the Yukawa potential.

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Sim, J., Lee, T.H. Scalar-tensor gravity with a non-minimally coupled Higgs field and accelerating universe. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 68, 725–729 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.68.725

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