Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity

We investigate the stability of the electroweak vacuum in metric-affine gravity in which the Standard Model Higgs boson can be non-minimally coupled to both the Ricci scalar and the Holst invariant. We find that vacuum stability is improved in this framework across a wide range of model parameters.

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Main Authors: Ioannis D. Gialamas, Hardi Veermäe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323004434
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description We investigate the stability of the electroweak vacuum in metric-affine gravity in which the Standard Model Higgs boson can be non-minimally coupled to both the Ricci scalar and the Holst invariant. We find that vacuum stability is improved in this framework across a wide range of model parameters.
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spelling doaj.art-4b5e4c5b488c48b9b53a212ed58bf8042023-08-26T04:42:37ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932023-09-01844138109Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravityIoannis D. Gialamas0Hardi Veermäe1Corresponding author.; Laboratory of High Energy and Computational Physics, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Rävala pst. 10, 10143, Tallinn, EstoniaLaboratory of High Energy and Computational Physics, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Rävala pst. 10, 10143, Tallinn, EstoniaWe investigate the stability of the electroweak vacuum in metric-affine gravity in which the Standard Model Higgs boson can be non-minimally coupled to both the Ricci scalar and the Holst invariant. We find that vacuum stability is improved in this framework across a wide range of model parameters.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323004434
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Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity
Physics Letters B
title Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity
title_full Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity
title_fullStr Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity
title_full_unstemmed Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity
title_short Electroweak vacuum decay in metric-affine gravity
title_sort electroweak vacuum decay in metric affine gravity
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