title: The Higgs boson and cosmology.
abstract: I will discuss how the Higgs field of the Standard Model may have played an important role in cosmology, leading to the homogeneity, isotropy and flatness of the Universe; producing the quantum fluctuations that seed structure formation; triggering the radiation-dominated era of the hot Big Bang; and contributing to the processes of baryogenesis and dark matter production.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shaposhnikov