From CMB to LHC: A hybrid inflation model with gauged scale symmetry
Abstract
We propose a hybrid inflation model based on gauged scale symmetry, in which an axion-like field drives inflation while the Standard Model Higgs serves as the waterfall field. During slow-roll inflation, the Higgs is trapped in the electroweak-symmetric vacuum. When the inflaton reaches a critical value, the Higgs acquires a nonzero vacuum expectation value and and triggers electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) through the waterfall dynamics. We identify viable parameter regions that simultaneously accommodate current cosmic microwave background observations and Higgs data from the Large Hadron Collider. The relaxation mechanism connects the inflationary and electroweak scales by reducing the large vacuum-energy contribution required during inflation. Our framework thus provides a dynamical connection between inflation and EWSB.
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BibTeX
@misc{wu2026from,
title = {{From CMB to LHC: A hybrid inflation model with gauged scale symmetry}},
author = {Jinger Wu and Mei Huang and Qi-Shu Yan and He-Xu Zhang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.14318},
eprint = {2609.14318},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14318},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - From CMB to LHC: A hybrid inflation model with gauged scale symmetry
AU - Jinger Wu
AU - Mei Huang
AU - Qi-Shu Yan
AU - He-Xu Zhang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/13
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.14318
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14318
AB - We propose a hybrid inflation model based on gauged scale symmetry, in which an axion-like field drives inflation while the Standard Model Higgs serves as the waterfall field. During slow-roll inflation, the Higgs is trapped in the electroweak-symmetric vacuum. When the inflaton reaches a critical value, the Higgs acquires a nonzero vacuum expectation value and and triggers electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) through the waterfall dynamics. We identify viable parameter regions that simultaneously accommodate current cosmic microwave background observations and Higgs data from the Large Hadron Collider. The relaxation mechanism connects the inflationary and electroweak scales by reducing the large vacuum-energy contribution required during inflation. Our framework thus provides a dynamical connection between inflation and EWSB.
ER -