The Higgs field and early universe cosmology: a (brief) review
  We review and discuss recent work exploring the implications of the Higgs
field for early universe cosmology, and vice versa. Depending on the model
under consideration the Higgs may be one of a few scalar fields determining the
evolution and fate of the Universe, or the Higgs field may be connected to a
rich sector of scalar moduli with complicated dynamics. In particular we look
at the potential consequences of the Higgs field for inflation and its
predictions, for the (meta)stability of the Standard Model vacuum, and for the
existence of dynamical selection mechanisms in the landscape.
