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SM Higgs mass bounds from theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The two-loop Higgs mass upper bounds are reanalyzed. Previous results for a cutoff scale Λ\Lambda\approx few TeV are found to be too stringent. For Λ=1019\Lambda=10^{19} GeV we find MH<180±4±5M_H < 180 \pm 4\pm 5 GeV, the first error indicating the theoretical uncertainty, the second error reflecting the experimental uncertainty due to mt=175±6 m_t = 175 \pm 6 GeV. We also summarize the lower bounds on MHM_H. We find that a SM Higgs mass in the range of 160 to 170 GeV will certainly allow for a perturbative and well-behaved SM up to the Planck-mass scale ΛPl1019\Lambda_{Pl}\simeq 10^{19} GeV, with no need for new physics to set in below this scale.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9708416,
  title  = {SM Higgs mass bounds from theory},
  author = {Thomas Hambye and Kurt Riesselmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9708416},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages; to appear in the Proceedings of the ``ECFA/DESY Study on Physics and Detectors for the Linear Collider'', ed. R. Settles

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