Quadratic Chaotic Inflation from Higgs Inflation

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Stimulated with the recent discovery of B-mode by BICEP2, we discuss the relation between a Higgs inflation and a chaotic inflation with quadratic potential.

• Starting with a generalized Higgs inflation model, we derive a condition for obtaining the quadratic chaotic inflation.
• It is shown that the running of the Higgs self-coupling constant in the Jordan frame plays a decisive role when the generalized Higgs inflation model coincides with the Higgs inflation model in a small-field limit.