What is it about?
This paper presents a solution to the long-standing electroweak horizon problem, arising from the "turning on" of the Higgs field when the electromagnetic and weak forces separated in the early Universe.
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Why is it important?
Without a resolution of the electroweak horizon problem, the standard model of cosmology faces an insurmountable inconsistency that threatens to invalidate its predicted evolution at early times.
Perspectives
This horizon problem is in some ways worse than the temperature horizon problem, for which the inflationary concept was introduced as a possible solution. The physics of the Higgs field is better understood than Grand Unified Theories, so if a solution to the electroweak horizon problem is not found, such an inconsistency threatens the viability of the standard model far more than the temperature horizon problem.
Professor Fulvio Melia
University of Arizona
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This page is a summary of: A solution to the electroweak horizon problem in the $$R_\mathrm{h}=ct$$Rh=ct universe, The European Physical Journal C, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6231-0.
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