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Classically conformal U(1)$^\prime$ extended Standard Model and Higgs vacuum stability

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-08-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider the minimal U(1)^\prime extension of the Standard Model (SM) with conformal invariance at the classical level, where in addition to the SM particle contents, three generations of right-handed neutrinos and a U(1)^\prime Higgs field are introduced. In the presence of the three right-handed neutrinos, which are responsible for the seesaw mechanism, this model is free from all the gauge and gravitational anomalies. The U(1)^\prime gauge symmetry is radiatively broken via the Coleman-Weinberg mechanism, by which the U(1)^\prime gauge boson (ZZ^\prime boson) mass as well as the Majorana mass for the right-handed neutrinos are generated. The radiative U(1)^\prime symmetry breaking also induces a negative mass squared for the SM Higgs doublet to trigger the electroweak symmetry breaking. In this context, we investigate a possibility to solve the SM Higgs vacuum instability problem. The model includes only three free parameters (U(1)^\prime charge of the SM Higgs doublet, U(1)^\prime gauge coupling and ZZ^\prime boson mass), for which we perform parameter scan, and identify a parameter region resolving the SM Higgs vacuum instability. We also examine naturalness of the model. The heavy states associated with the U(1)^\prime symmetry breaking contribute to the SM Higgs self-energy. We find an upper bound on ZZ^\prime boson mass, mZ6m_{Z^\prime} \lesssim 6 TeV, in order to avoid a fine-tuning severer than 10 % level. The ZZ^\prime boson in this mass range can be discovered at the LHC Run-2 in the near future.

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@article{arxiv.1504.06291,
  title  = {Classically conformal U(1)$^\prime$ extended Standard Model and Higgs vacuum stability},
  author = {Satsuki Oda and Nobuchika Okada and Dai-suke Takahashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.06291},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages, 4 figures

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