Of Higgs, unitarity and other questions

DOI10.1134/S0081543811010044zbMATH Open1227.81253arXiv1103.2508OpenAlexW1970499829MaRDI QIDQ641900FDOQ641900

Ruggero Ferrari, D. Bettinelli, A. Quadri

Publication date: 25 October 2011

Published in: Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: On the verge of conclusive checks on the Standard Model by the LHC, we discuss some of the basic assumptions. The reason for this analysis stems from a recent proposal of an Electroweak Model based on a nonlinearly realized gauge group SU(2) X U(1), where, in the perturbative approximation, there is no Higgs boson. The model enjoys the Slavnov-Taylor identities and therefore the perturbative unitarity. On the other hand, it is commonly believed that the existence of the Higgs boson is entangled with the property of unitarity, when high energy processes are considered. The argument is based mostly on the Froissart bound and on the Equivalence Theorem. In this talk we briefly review some of our objections on the validity of such arguments. Some open questions are pointed out, in particular on the limit of zero mass for the vector mesons and on the fate of the longitudinal polarizations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2508

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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• Unparticle physics and Higgs phenomenology
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