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The Higgs-top-$Z$ mass coincidence relation after NNLO matching

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The relation MH2MZMtM_H^2\simeq M_ZM_t, 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 MZM_Z, MWM_W and MHM_H, and the ATLAS-CMS direct top-mass combination, the pole-level ratio is ρZt=MZMt/MH2=1.00362±0.00261\rho_{Zt}=M_ZM_t/M_H^2=1.00362\pm0.00261. Thus an exact pole-level geometric relation predicts either MH=125.426±0.120GeVM_H=125.426\pm0.120\,\mathrm{GeV} or Mt=171.898±0.302GeVM_t=171.898\pm0.302\,\mathrm{GeV}, which is still a 1.4σ1.4\sigma test rather than an exclusion. By contrast, the companion arithmetic relation gives ρWt=(MW+Mt)/(2MH)=1.00994±0.00159\rho_{Wt}=(M_W+M_t)/(2M_H)=1.00994\pm0.00159 and is not a viable exact mass sum rule. We then evaluate the complete NNLO weak-scale MS\overline{\mathrm{MS}} matching formulae at μ=Mt\mu=M_t. In the standard convention one obtains ρ^Zt(Mt)=g22+gY2yt/(42λ)=0.96714±0.00361\widehat\rho_{Zt}(M_t)=\sqrt{g_2^2+g_Y^2}\,y_t/(4\sqrt2\lambda)=0.96714\pm0.00361. Consequently, the exact running-coupling boundary condition λ=gZyt/(42)\lambda=g_Zy_t/(4\sqrt2) at the top scale would predict MH=123.19±0.20GeVM_H=123.19\pm0.20\,\mathrm{GeV}, or equivalently Mt=177.81±0.50GeVM_t=177.81\pm0.50\,\mathrm{GeV} when MHM_H 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 κth=1.0340±0.0039\kappa_{\rm th}=1.0340\pm0.0039 at the electroweak scale. We formulate this requirement as a target for custodial/top-Higgs or triality-like symmetry extensions.

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@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}
}