Black holes and Higgs stability
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2016-09-28 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We study the effect of primordial black holes on the classical rate of nucleation of AdS regions within the standard electroweak vacuum. We find that the energy barrier for transitions to the new vacuum, which characterizes the exponential suppression of the nucleation rate, can be reduced significantly in the black-hole background. A precise analysis is required in order to determine whether the the existence of primordial black holes is compatible with the form of the Higgs potential at high temperature or density in the Standard Model or its extensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1606.04018,
title = {Black holes and Higgs stability},
author = {Nikolaos Tetradis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.04018},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
27 pages, 10 figures, conclusions expanded, to appear in JCAP