Relevant dilaton stabilization

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2023)202MaRDI QIDQ6134773zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors C. Csáki, Michael R. Geller, Zamir Heller-Algazi, Ameen Ismail

Publication date 25 July 2023

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.10247

zbMATH Keywords

extra dimensionscompositenessphase transitions in the early universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: We propose a simple modification of the Goldberger-Wise mechanism for stabilizing the scale of spontaneously broken conformal theories. The source of explicit conformal symmetry breaking is a relevant operator with a small coefficient, as opposed to the usual mechanism of an almost marginal operator with an order-one coefficient. In the warped 5D picture this relevant stabilization corresponds to a small tadpole for the bulk scalar on the UV brane, which can be technically natural if it is the only source for the breaking of a symmetry (for example, a discrete $Z_2$). This modification of the stabilization mechanism has significant consequences for the nature of the conformal phase transition, since the radion/dilaton potential is no longer shallow. The bounce action is significantly reduced, leading to a weaker first-order phase transition instead of the supercooled and strongly first-order transition seen in Goldberger-Wise stabilization. This also leads to reduction of gravitational wave signals which, however, may still be observable at future detectors. We present numerical and analytical studies of the phase transition and the resulting gravitational wave signal strength, assuming that the effective dilaton potential provides a good leading approximation. While the dilaton is not expected to be generically light in this setup, in order to keep perturbative control over the effective theory one needs to mildly tune the dilaton quartic to be somewhat small.

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