How the Higgs potential got its shape

String-localized quantum field theory allows renormalizable couplings involving massive vector bosons, without invoking negative-norm states and compensating ghosts. We analyze the most general coupling of a massive vector boson to a scalar field, and find that the scalar field necessarily comes wit...

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Main Authors: Jens Mund, Karl-Henning Rehren, Bert Schroer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S055032132300038X