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Vacuum angle theta in a strongly interacting hidden sector and its effect

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-03-24 v1

Abstract

Introducing a vacuum angle θh\theta_h in a strongly interacting hidden sector like QCD, we study how θh\theta_h affects physical quantities in a scale invariant extension of the standard model with that hidden sector. In this model the dynamical chiral symmetry breaking occurs in the hidden sector and generates a scale qˉq \vert \langle {\bar q} q \rangle \vert which triggers electroweak symmetry breaking. We find that the expression for a vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field depends on θh\theta_h, while the condition which determines the Higgs particle mass does not. This model contains the hidden-sector pions π0\pi^0 and π±\pi^{\pm} which are candidates for cold dark matter, and we find the mass difference between the hidden-sector π0\pi^0 and π±\pi^{\pm} will not be negligible for θhπ\theta_h \approx \pi.

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@article{arxiv.2103.12275,
  title  = {Vacuum angle theta in a strongly interacting hidden sector and its effect},
  author = {Shinji Maedan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.12275},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages

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