Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value
We make an estimate of the likelihood function for the Higgs vacuum expectation value (vev) by imposing anthropic constraints on the existence of atoms while allowing the other parameters of the standard model to also be variable. We argue that the most important extra ingredients are the Yukawa cou...
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| author | Donoghue, John F. Dutta, Koushik Ross, Andreas Tegmark, Max Erik |
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| description | We make an estimate of the likelihood function for the Higgs vacuum expectation value (vev) by imposing anthropic constraints on the existence of atoms while allowing the other parameters of the standard model to also be variable. We argue that the most important extra ingredients are the Yukawa couplings, and for the intrinsic distribution of Yukawa couplings we use the scale-invariant distribution which is favored phenomenologically. The result is successful phenomenologically, favoring values close to the observed vev. We also discuss modifications that can change these conclusions. Our work supports the hypothesis that the anthropic constraints could be the origin of the small Higgs vev. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/585942022-10-01T22:09:54Z Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value Donoghue, John F. Dutta, Koushik Ross, Andreas Tegmark, Max Erik Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Tegmark, Max Erik Tegmark, Max Erik We make an estimate of the likelihood function for the Higgs vacuum expectation value (vev) by imposing anthropic constraints on the existence of atoms while allowing the other parameters of the standard model to also be variable. We argue that the most important extra ingredients are the Yukawa couplings, and for the intrinsic distribution of Yukawa couplings we use the scale-invariant distribution which is favored phenomenologically. The result is successful phenomenologically, favoring values close to the observed vev. We also discuss modifications that can change these conclusions. Our work supports the hypothesis that the anthropic constraints could be the origin of the small Higgs vev. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (PHY-055304) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, cluster of excellence ‘‘Origin and Structure of the Universe") United States. Dept. of Energy (DE-FG-02-92ER40704) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (AST-0134999) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (AST-05-06556) Templeton Foundation David & Lucile Packard Foundation Foundational Questions Institute 2010-09-20T16:48:57Z 2010-09-20T16:48:57Z 2010-04 2010-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1550-7998 1550-2368 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58594 Donoghue, John F. et al. "Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value." Physical Review D 81.7 (2010): 073003. © 2010 The American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7670-7190 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.073003 Physical Review D Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Donoghue, John F. Dutta, Koushik Ross, Andreas Tegmark, Max Erik Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value |
| title | Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value |
| title_full | Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value |
| title_fullStr | Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value |
| title_full_unstemmed | Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value |
| title_short | Likely values of the Higgs vacuum expectation value |
| title_sort | likely values of the higgs vacuum expectation value |
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