scholarly journals LANDSCAPE IMPLICATIONS OF EXTENDED HIGGS MODELS

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (22) ◽  
pp. 3509-3523 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. CLAVELLI

From several points of view, it is strongly suggested that the current universe is unstable and will ultimately decay to one that is exactly supersymmetric (SUSY). The possibility that atoms and molecules form in this future universe requires that the degenerate electron/selectron mass is non-zero and hence that electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) survives the phase transition to exact SUSY. However, the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) and several of its extensions have no EWSB in the SUSY limit. Among the extended Higgs models that have been discussed, one stands out in this regard. The Higgs sector that is revealed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will therefore have implications for the future universe. We also address the question as to whether the transition to the exact SUSY phase with EWSB is exothermic.

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
JAMES MAXIN ◽  
VAN E. MAYES ◽  
D. V. NANOPOULOS

No-scale supergravity is a framework where it is possible to naturally explain radiative electroweak symmetry breaking and correlate it with the effective SUSY breaking scale. Many string compactifications have a classical no-scale structure, resulting in a one-parameter model (OPM) for the supersymmetry breaking soft terms, which results in a highly constrained subset of mSUGRA. We investigate the allowed supersymmetry parameter space for a generic one-parameter model taking into account the most recent experimental constraints. We also survey the possible signatures which may be observable at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Finally, we compare collider signatures of OPM to those from a model with non-universal soft terms, in particular those of an intersecting D6-brane model.


2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (18) ◽  
pp. 1330027 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMANUELA BARBERIS

An experimental review of the current status of the top quark physics program at hadron colliders is presented. Since the discovery of the top quark at the Fermilab Tevatron collider in 1995, its production and the decay have been studied with an extraordinary level of sophistication both at the Tevatron and at the Large Hadron Collider. The top quark is the heaviest known elementary particle, with possible unique connections to the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking.


1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (21) ◽  
pp. 1933-1943
Author(s):  
S.G. KOVALENKO

A modification of the standard model of electroweak interactions with the nonlocal Higgs sector is proposed. Proper form of nonlocality makes Higgs particles unobservable after the electroweak symmetry breaking. They appear only as a virtual state because their propagator is an entire function. We discuss some specific consequences of this approach comparing it with the conventional standard model.


2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (28) ◽  
pp. 1230030 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUNG CHANG ◽  
KINGMAN CHEUNG ◽  
PO-YAN TSENG ◽  
TZU-CHIANG YUAN

The new particle around 125 GeV observed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is almost consistent with the standard model (SM) Higgs boson, except that the diphoton decay mode may be excessive. We summarize a number of possibilities. While at the LHC the dominant production mechanism for the Higgs boson of SM and some other extensions is via the gluon fusion process, the alternative vector-boson fusion (VBF) is more sensitive to electroweak symmetry breaking. Using the well-known dijet-tagging technique to single out the VBF mechanism, we investigate potential of VBF to discriminate a number of models suggested to give an enhanced inclusive diphoton production rate.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 5184-5192 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICCARDO BARBIERI

I overview the status of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking problem, paying special attention to the possible signals of new physics at the Large Hadron Collider (and at a Linear Collider).


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (32) ◽  
pp. 5093-5115 ◽  
Author(s):  
KARL JAKOBS ◽  
MARKUS SCHUMACHER

The investigation of the dynamics responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking is one of the prime tasks of experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The experiments ATLAS and CMS have been designed to be able to discover a Standard Model Higgs boson over the full mass range as well as Higgs bosons in extended models. In this paper, the prospects for Higgs boson searches at the LHC are reviewed. In addition, the potential for the measurement of Higgs boson parameters is discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian W. Bauer ◽  
Nicholas L. Rodd ◽  
Bryan R. Webber

Abstract We compute the decay spectrum for dark matter (DM) with masses above the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking, all the way to the Planck scale. For an arbitrary hard process involving a decay to the unbroken standard model, we determine the prompt distribution of stable states including photons, neutrinos, positrons, and antiprotons. These spectra are a crucial ingredient in the search for DM via indirect detection at the highest energies as being probed in current and upcoming experiments including IceCube, HAWC, CTA, and LHAASO. Our approach improves considerably on existing methods, for instance, we include all relevant electroweak interactions.


2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 835-844
Author(s):  
ILIA GOGOLADZE ◽  
MIRIAN TSULAIA

We suggest a new mechanism for electroweak symmetry breaking in the supersymmetric Standard Model. Our suggestion is based on the presence of an anomalous U (1)A gauge symmetry, which naturally arises in the four-dimensional superstring theory, and heavily relies on the value of the corresponding Fayet–Illiopoulos ξ-term.


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