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Vacuum Stability Conditions for New $SU(2)$ Multiplets

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-27 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider the addition to the Standard Model of a scalar SU(2)SU(2) multiplet Δn\Delta_n with dimension nn going from 11 to 66. The multiplet Δn\Delta_n is assumed to have null vacuum expectation value and an arbitrary (free) hypercharge. We determine the shape of the phase space for the new terms that appear in the scalar potential (SP); we observe in particular that, in the case of a 6-plet, the phase space is slightly concave along one of its boundaries. We determine the bounded-from-below and vacuum stability conditions on the SP for each value of nn.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2505.05272,
  title  = {Vacuum Stability Conditions for New $SU(2)$ Multiplets},
  author = {André Milagre and Darius Jurčiukonis and Luís Lavoura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05272},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

33 pages, 2 figures; v2: added references and footnotes, corrected the Acknowledgments

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