Abstract
We present a novel framework to solve simultaneously the electroweak-hierarchy problem and the strong- problem. A small but finite Higgs vacuum expectation value and a small angle are selected after the QCD phase transition, without relying on the Peccei-Quinn mechanism or other traditional solutions. We predict a distinctive pattern of correlated signals at hadronic EDM, fuzzy dark matter, and axion experiments.
- Received 15 June 2021
- Revised 30 September 2021
- Accepted 30 November 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.021803
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synopsis
Multiverse Explanation for Small Higgs Mass
Published 12 January 2022
A new model that assumes that a multitude of universes existed when our Universe first formed may explain why the Higgs mass is smaller than traditional models predict.
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