Broken Symmetry and the Cosmological Constant
- 11 November 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 33 (20), 1243-1244
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.1243
Abstract
The hypothesis that the Higgs field has also a cosmological character is proposed. The experimental consequences are an upper limit on the mass of the scalar boson, , and an implication that the universe will recontract.
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