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Nonrelativistic short-distance completions of a naturally light Higgs

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Nonrelativistic scalar field theories can exhibit a natural cascading hierarchy of scales, protected by a hierarchy of polynomial shift symmetries. Using a simple model, we argue that a high-energy cross-over to such nonrelativistic behavior naturally leads to light scalars, and thus represents a useful ingredient for technically natural resolutions of scalar mass hierarchies, perhaps even the Higgs mass hierarchy puzzle.

Source: Physics Letters B

DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139665

Authors: Kevin T. Grosvenor, Petr Hořava, Christopher J. Mogni, Ziqi Yan

Institutions: University of Copenhagen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council

Awards: Exploring the Quantum Universe, Particles and Strings in the Evolving Universe