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High Scale Boundary Conditions in Models with Two Higgs Doublets

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-07-24 v3

Abstract

We investigate high scale boundary conditions on the quartic Higgs-couplings and their β\beta-functions in the Type-II Two Higgs Doublet Model and the Inert Doublet Model. These conditions are associated with two possible UV physics scenarios: the Multiple Point Principle, in which the potential exhibits a second minimum at MPlM_{Pl}, and Asymptotic Safety, where the scalar couplings run towards an interacting UV fixed point at high scales. We employ renormalisation group running at two-loops and apply theoretical and experimental constraints to their parameter spaces. We find neither model can simultaneously accommodate the MPP whilst also providing realistic masses for both the Higgs and the top quark. However, we do find regions of parameter space compatible with Asymptotic Safety.

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@article{arxiv.1810.04518,
  title  = {High Scale Boundary Conditions in Models with Two Higgs Doublets},
  author = {John McDowall and David J Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.04518},
  year   = {2019}
}

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25 pages, 13 figures (25 plots); v3: version accepted for publication

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