15 citations · 33 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
gr-qc2017★ 12 cited
Light scalars on cosmological backgrounds
Tommi Markkanen
We study the behaviour of a light quartically self-interacting scalar field on curved backgrounds that may be described with the cosmological equation state parameter . At l…
hep-ph2017★ 6 cited
Vacuum Stability in the Early Universe and the Backreaction of Classical Gravity
Tommi Markkanen
In the case of a metastable electroweak vacuum the quantum corrected effective potential plays a crucial role in the potential instability of the Standard Model. In the Early Unive…
hep-ph2017★ 15 cited
Do metric fluctuations affect the Higgs dynamics during inflation?
Tommi Markkanen, Sami Nurmi, Arttu Rajantie
We show that the dynamics of the Higgs field during inflation is not affected by metric fluctuations if the Higgs is an energetically subdominant light spectator. For Standard Mode…