Higgs粒子初露端倪

最近几年 ,全世界的粒子物理学家都会注视位于瑞士日内瓦的欧洲核子研究中心ＣＥＲＮ的大型电子正电子对撞机ＬＥＰ寻找Ｈｉｇｇｓ粒子的实验结果 .粒子物理的标准模型认为 ,构成物质的最小单元是轻子和夸克 .共有 6种轻子 ,它们是电子和电子中微子、μ子和 μ中微子、τ子和τ中微子 ;6种夸克 ,它们是上夸克、下夸克、粲夸克、奇夸克、顶夸克和底夸克 .传递相互作用的粒子是光子、中间玻色子(Ｗ ,Ｗ-,Ｚ0 )和胶子 .而由于存在Ｈｉｇｇｓ粒子 ,产生真空对称性的自发破缺 ,上述所有有质量的粒子的质量都是通过与Ｈｉｇｇｓ场相互作用而获得的…     

Higgs–photon resonances

We study models that produce a Higgs boson plus photon (\(h^0\gamma \)) resonance at the LHC. When the resonance is a \(Z'\) boson, decays to \(h^0\gamma \) occur at one loop. If the \(Z'\) boson couples at tree level to quarks, then the \(h^0\gamma \) branching fraction is typically of order \(10^{-5}\) or smaller. Nevertheless, there are models that would allow the observation of \(Z'\rightarrow \,h^0\gamma \) at \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV with a cross section times branching fraction larger than 1 fb for a \(Z'\) mass in the 200–450 GeV range, and larger than 0.1 fb for a mass up to 800 GeV. The one-loop decay of the \(Z'\) into lepton pairs competes with \(h^0\gamma \), even if the \(Z'\) couplings to leptons vanish at tree level. We also present a model in which a \(Z'\) boson decays into a Higgs boson and a pair of collimated photons, mimicking an \(h^0\gamma \) resonance. In this model, the \(h^0\gamma \) resonance search would be the discovery mode for a \(Z'\) as heavy as 2 TeV. When the resonance is a scalar, although decay to \(h^0\gamma \) is forbidden by angular momentum conservation, the \(h^0\) plus collimated photons channel is allowed. We comment on prospects of observing an \(h^0\gamma \) resonance through different Higgs decays, on constraints from related searches, and on models where \(h^0\) is replaced by a nonstandard Higgs boson.     

Higgs机制与变换

Higgs机制在量子场论中作用十分重要 ,它使规范场有了质量 .本文不引入协变导数 ,通过一类变换 ,得到了规范场的质量     

125 GeV Higgs,type III seesaw and gauge–Higgs unification

Recently, both the ATLAS and CMS experiments have observed an excess of events that could be the first evidence for a 125 GeV Higgs boson. This is a few GeV below the (absolute) vacuum stability bound on the Higgs mass in the Standard Model (SM), assuming a Planck mass ultraviolet (UV) cutoff. In this Letter, we study some implications of a 125 GeV Higgs boson for new physics in terms of the vacuum stability bound. We first consider the seesaw extension of the SM and find that in type III seesaw, the vacuum stability bound on the Higgs mass can be as low as 125 GeV for the seesaw scale around a TeV. Next we discuss some alternative new physics models which provide an effective ultraviolet cutoff lower than the Planck mass. An effective cutoff Λ?10¹¹ GeV$\Lambda ?{10}^{11}\text{GeV}$ leads to a vacuum stability bound on the Higgs mass of 125 GeV. In a gauge–Higgs unification scenario with five-dimensional flat spacetime, the so-called gauge–Higgs condition can yield a Higgs mass of 125 GeV, with the compactification scale of the extra-dimension being identified as the cutoff scale Λ?10¹¹ GeV$\Lambda ?{10}^{11}\text{GeV}$. Identifying the compactification scale with the unification scale of the SM SU(2) gauge coupling and the top quark Yukawa coupling yields a Higgs mass of 121±2 GeV$121\pm 2\text{GeV}$.     

希格斯（Higgs）粒子

在现有的弱电统一理论中，认为应当存在自旋为零的粒子（Ｈｉｇｇｓ粒 ），并且通过“Ｈｉｇｇｓ机制”实现真空对称性自发破缺．这个理论的许多重要预言都得到了实验上广泛的证实，但始终没有找到在理论上起核心作用的Ｈｉｇｇｓ粒子本身．粒子物理学面临一个十分重要的课题．本文从理论和实验两个方面就这个问题进行了评述，其中包括介绍Ｈｉｇｇｓ机制和寻找Ｈｉｇｇｓ粒子的现状及意义．     

Englert和Higgs获诺贝尔物理学奖

2013年诺贝尔物理学奖授予了在理论上预言Higgs玻色子存在的Francois Englert 和 Peter W. Higgs (图1)。他们将于今年12月10日在斯德哥尔摩的一个庆祝会上荣获诺贝尔奖章，并将分享相当于775，000英镑的奖金。
　　Englert 是比利时公民， Libre de Bruxelles大学荣誉退休的理论物理教授。Higgs 是英国公民， Edinburgh大学荣誉退休的理论物理教授。     

Self-Dual Chern-Simons Vortices in Higgs Field

By decomposing the Bogomol＇nyi self-dual equation in the Abelian Chern-Simons Higgs model, we find a selldual topological term that was ignored all the time in the Bogomol＇nyi self-duality equation due to the improper decomposition of the complex Higgs field. We also present a new self-dual equation that includes the topological term. It is shown that the self-dual vortex just arises from the symmetric phase of the Higgs field φ =0. Using our p-mapping theory, the inner topological structure of the vortex and double vortex is given.     

Pair production of neutral Higgs bosons from the left-right twin Higgs model via γγ collisions

The left-right twin Higgs (LRTH) model predicts the existence of the neutral Higgs bosons (h, φ<'0>), which can be produced in pairs (φ<'0>φ<'0>, hh, φ<'0>h) via γγ collisions at the next generation e<'+>e<'-> International Linear Collider (ILC). Our numerical results show that the production cross section of the neutral Higgs boson pair φ<'0>φ<'0> can reach 8.8 fb. The subprocess γγ→φ<'0>φ<'0> might be used to test the LRTH model in future ILC experiments.     

Higgs–Palatini inflation and unitarity

In the Higgs inflation scenario the Higgs field is strongly coupled to the Ricci scalar in order to drive primordial inflation. However, in its original form in pure metric formulation of gravity, the ultraviolet (UV) cutoff of the Higgs interactions and the Hubble rate are of the same magnitude, and this makes the whole inflationary evolution dependent of the unknown UV completion of the Higgs sector. This problem, the unitarity violation, plagues the Higgs inflation scenario. In this Letter we show that, in the Palatini formulation of gravitation, Higgs inflation does not suffer from unitarity violation since the UV cutoff lies parametrically much higher than the Hubble rate so that unknown UV physics does not disrupt the inflationary dynamics. Higgs–Palatini inflation, as we call it, is, therefore, UV-safe, minimal and endowed with predictive power.     

Pair production of neutral Higgs bosons from the left-right twin Higgs model via γγ collisions

The left-right twin Higgs (LRTH) model predicts the existence of the neutral Higgs bosons (h, Φ⁰), which can be produced in pairs (Φ⁰Φ⁰, hh, Φ⁰h) via γγ collisions at the next generation e⁺e^- International Linear Collider (ILC). Our numerical results show that the production cross section of the neutral Higgs boson pair Φ⁰Φ⁰ can reach 8.8 fb. The subprocess γγ→Φ⁰Φ⁰ might be used to test the LRTH model in future ILC experiments.     

Production of Charged Higgs Bosons from Left-Right Twin Higgs Model at TeV Energy e-γ Colliders

The left-right twin Higgs (LRTH) model predicts the existence of three additional Higgs bosons: one neutral Higgs ø⁰ and a pair of charged Higgs bosons ø^±. In this paper, we study two pair production processes of these new particles at the next generation eγ colliders, i.e., e^-γ → e^-ø⁺ø^-, ande^-γ→ ν_Rø^-ø⁰. We find that the production cross section of the process e^-γ →e^-ø⁺ø^- are at the level of several tens fb, the production cross section of the process e^-γ→ν_Rø^-ø⁰ can reach 0.35 fb with the reasonable parameter values. As long as the charged Higgs bosons are not too heavy, we conclude that these processes might be used to test for the left-right twin Higgs model in future high-energy linear collider experiments.     

Production of Charged Higgs Bosons from Left-Right Twin Higgs Model at TeV Energy e-γ Colliders

The left-right twin Higgs （LRTH） model predicts the existence of three additional Higgs bosons： one neutral Higgs φo and a pair of charged Higgs bosons φ±. In this paper, we study two pair production processes of these new particles at the next generation eγ colliders, i.e., e-γ → e-φ＋φ- , and e-γ→vRφ-φ0. We find that the production cross section of the process e-γ → e-φ＋φ- are at the level of several tens fb, the production cross section of the process e-γ→vRφ-φ0 can reach 0.35 fb with the reasonable parameter values. As long as the charged Higgs bosons are not too heavy, we conclude that these processes might be used to test for the left-right twin Higgs model in future high-energy linear collider experiments.     

Higgs相临界耦合与互补原理分析

本文提出了半单复合模型中互补原理Higgs分析方法,即组成半单超色群的各因子群Higgs相凝聚次序由临界耦合决定.应用Higgs相分析决定复合费米子的整体对称性,最后在低能村将它们规范化为复合粒子的定域对称.     

New Electroweak Model Without a Higgs Particle

A new unified electroweak model is proposed in this paper,In this unified electroweak model,Higgs echanism is not used.So no Higgs particle exists in the model.In order to keep the masses of intermediate gauge bosons non-zero,two sets of gauge fields will be introduced.In order to introduce symmetry breaking and to help to introduce the masses of all fileds.a vacuum potential is needed.Except for those terms concerning Higgs particle,the fundamental dynamical properties of this model are similar to those of the standard model.And in a proper limit,this model with approximately return to the standard model.The purpose of this paper is not to say that the Higgs particle does not exist in Nature,it is only to prove that,without a Higgs particle,we can also set up a unified electroweak model which is consistent with present experiments.     

A possible minimal gauge–Higgs unification

A possible minimal model of the gauge–Higgs unification based on the higher dimensional spacetime M ⁴⊗(S ¹/Z ₂) and the bulk gauge symmetry SU(3) _C ⊗SU(3) _W ⊗U(1) _X is constructed in some detail. We argue that the Weinberg angle and the electromagnetic current can be correctly identified if one introduces the extra U(1) _X above and a bulk scalar triplet. The VEV of this scalar as well as the orbifold boundary conditions will break the bulk gauge symmetry down to that of the standard model. A new neutral zero-mode gauge boson Z′ exists that gains mass via this VEV. We propose a simple fermion content that is free from all the anomalies when the extra brane-localized chiral fermions are taken into account as well. The issues on recovering a standard model chiral-fermion spectrum with the masses and flavor mixing are also discussed, where we need to introduce the two other brane scalars which also contribute to the Z′ mass in the similar way as the scalar triplet. The neutrinos can get small masses via a type I seesaw mechanism. In this model, the mass of the Z′ boson and the compactification scale are very constrained being, respectively, given in the ranges: 2.7 TeV<m _Z′<13.6 TeV and 40 TeV<1/R<200 TeV.     

Correction of the Littlest Higgs Model to Higgs Production Process e-γ→veW-H in e-γ Collisions

The littlest Higgs model is the most economical one among various little Higgs models. In the context of the littlest Higgs （LH） model, we study the process e-γ → veW^-H and calculate the contributions of the LH model to the cross section of this process. The results show that in most of the parameter spaces preferred by the electroweak precision data, the value of the relative correction is larger than 10%. Such correction to the process e-γ →veW^-H is large enough to be detected via e-γ collisions in the future high energy linear e^＋ e^- collider （ILC） experiment with the c.m. energy √s = 500 GeV and a yearly integrated luminosity ￡ = 100fb^-1, which will give an idea/way to test the model.