Consistent Conformal Extensions of the Standard Model

May 24, 2018
16 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 99 (2019) 1, 015026
  • Published: Jan 23, 2019
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Report number:
  • HU-EP-18/16,
  • HU-EP-18-16,
  • CERN-TH-2018-125

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Abstract: (APS)
The question of whether classically conformal modifications of the standard model are consistent with experimental observations has recently been subject to renewed interest. The method of Gildener and Weinberg provides a natural framework for the study of the effective potential of the resulting multiscalar standard model extensions. This approach relies on the assumption of the ordinary loop hierarchy λs∼gg2 of scalar and gauge couplings. On the other hand, Andreassen et al. recently argued that in the (single-scalar) standard model gauge invariant results require the consistent scaling λs∼gg4. In the present paper, we contrast these two hierarchy assumptions and illustrate the differences in the phenomenological predictions of minimal conformal extensions of the standard model.
Note:
  • 20 pages, 19 figures. v2: Typo in (3.3) corrected, references added
  • Beyond the standard model
  • invariance: gauge
  • coupling: gauge
  • conformal
  • hierarchy
  • effective potential
  • correction: quantum
  • field theory: scalar
  • stability
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