The Higgs Mass and the Emergence of New Physics
Abstract
We investigate the physical implications of formulating the electroweak (EW) part of the Standard Model (SM) in terms of a superconnection involving the supergroup SU(2/1). In particular, we relate the observed Higgs mass to new physics at around 4 TeV. The ultraviolet incompleteness of the superconnection approach points to its emergent nature. The new physics beyond the SM is associated with the emergent supergroup SU(2/2), which is natural from the point of view of the Pati-Salam model. Given that the Pati-Salam group is robust in certain constructions of string vacua, these results suggest a deeper connection between low energy (4 TeV) and high energy (Planck scale) physics via the violation of decoupling in the Higgs sector.
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@article{arxiv.1304.6092,
title = {The Higgs Mass and the Emergence of New Physics},
author = {Ufuk Aydemir and Djordje Minic and Tatsu Takeuchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6092},
year = {2013}
}
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6 pages, 1 figure. Minor additions (text and references). Version to appear in PLB