Lattice Calculation of the Decay of Primordial Higgs Condensate

@article{Enqvist2015LatticeCO,
  title={Lattice Calculation of the Decay of Primordial Higgs Condensate},
  author={Kari Enqvist and Sami Nurmi and Stanislav Rusak and David J. Weir},
  journal={arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics},
  year={2015}
}
We study the resonant decay of the primordial Standard Model Higgs condensate after inflation into $SU(2)$ gauge bosons on the lattice. We find that the non-Abelian interactions between the gauge bosons quickly extend the momentum distribution towards high values, efficiently destroying the condensate after the onset of backreaction. For the inflationary scale $H = 10^8$ GeV, we find that 90% of the Higgs condensate has decayed after $n \sim 10$ oscillation cycles. This differs significantly… 
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