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 multiplet with dimension going from to . The multiplet 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 .
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