The Higgs-top-$Z$ mass coincidence relation after NNLO matching
Abstract
The relation , previously proposed as a non-trivial Higgs mass coincidence, is reconsidered with present electroweak inputs and with a scheme-consistent matching analysis. With the 2025 PDG values for , and , and the ATLAS-CMS direct top-mass combination, the pole-level ratio is . Thus an exact pole-level geometric relation predicts either or , which is still a test rather than an exclusion. By contrast, the companion arithmetic relation gives and is not a viable exact mass sum rule. We then evaluate the complete NNLO weak-scale matching formulae at . In the standard convention one obtains . Consequently, the exact running-coupling boundary condition at the top scale would predict , or equivalently when is held fixed. This is incompatible with the measured point. A possible symmetry explanation must therefore act on pole-level threshold quantities, or provide a finite matching factor at the electroweak scale. We formulate this requirement as a target for custodial/top-Higgs or triality-like symmetry extensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.21721,
title = {The Higgs-top-$Z$ mass coincidence relation after NNLO matching},
author = {E. Torrente-Lujan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.21721},
year = {2026}
}