[CraigS]

So, if a Higgs field stays on a high energy plateau, in the high energy, negative pressure state, for an instant, the outwards pressure it exerts whilst in this state, is enormous. And this could be triggered by quantum fluctuations, right ?

The negative pressure and energy contributed by the Higgs field in this state is 10e100 times larger than Einstein's Cosmological constant, (which he chose arbitrarily, so that the outward repulsive force would precisely balance the inward attractive force arising from the ordinary matter and radiation in the cosmos). And what results is thus, a huge Bang.

There's also something about entropy in a super-cooled state predicting all this, as well ?

But before there was a Higgs field, there was a "Higgs ocean" ? (A 'non zero Higgs field vacuum expectation value').

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