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Naturally Self-Tuned Low Mass Composite Scalars

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-02-15 v5 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Scalar bosons composed of a pair of chiral fermions in a non-confining potential have an effective Yukawa coupling, gg, to free external chiral fermions. At large distance a Feynman loop of external fermions generates a scale invariant potential, Vloopg2/r2V_{loop}\propto -g^2/{r^{2}}, which acts on valence fermions for separation ρ=2r\rho=2r. This generally forces the ss-wave ground state to deform to a static, zero mass, configuration, and for slowly running, perturbative gg, a large external "shroud" wave-function forms. This is related to old results of Landau and Lifshitz in quantum mechanics. The massless composite scalar boson ground state is then an extended object. Infra-red effects can generate a small mass for the system. This points to a perturbative BEH-boson composed of top and anti-top quarks and a novel dynamical mechanism for spontaneous electroweak symmetry breaking.

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@article{arxiv.2201.04478,
  title  = {Naturally Self-Tuned Low Mass Composite Scalars},
  author = {Christopher T. Hill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.04478},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

16 pages, 4 figures; we correct a normalization error and establish the equivalence of the critical coupling in the NJL model with that of the Landau-Lifshitz solutions; several other corrections, elaborations and tweaks

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