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We work out the Standard Model (SM) mass spectrum during inflation with quantum corrections, and explore its observable consequences in the squeezed limit of non-Gaussianity. Both non-Higgs and Higgs inflation models are studied in detail. We also illustrate how some inflationary loop diagrams can be computed neatly by Wick-rotating the inflation background to Euclidean signature and by dimensional regularization.
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Chen, X., Wang, Y. & Xianyu, ZZ. Standard Model mass spectrum in inflationary universe. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 58 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)058
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