Abstract
We give an -matrix-theoretic demonstration that if the Higgs-boson mass exceeds , parital-wave unitarity is not respected by the tree diagrams for two-body scattering of gauge bosons, and the weak interactions must become strong at high energies. We exhibit the relation of this bound to the structure of the Higgs-Goldstone Lagrangian, and speculate on the consequences of strongly coupled Higgs-Goldstone systems. Prospects for the observation of massive Higgs scalars are noted.
- Received 20 April 1977
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.16.1519
©1977 American Physical Society