Cargando…

A Geometrical View of Higgs Effective Theory

<!--HTML-->A geometric formulation of Higgs Effective Field Theory (HEFT) is presented. Experimental observables are given in terms of geometric invariants of the scalar sigma model sector such as the curvature of the scalar field manifold M. We show how the curvature can be measured experim...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Manohar, Aneesh
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2125946
Descripción
Sumario:<!--HTML-->A geometric formulation of Higgs Effective Field Theory (HEFT) is presented. Experimental observables are given in terms of geometric invariants of the scalar sigma model sector such as the curvature of the scalar field manifold M. We show how the curvature can be measured experimentally via Higgs cross-sections, W_L scattering, and the S parameter. The one-loop action of HEFT is given in terms of geometric invariants of M. The distinction between the Standard Model (SM) and HEFT is whether M is flat or curved, with the curvature a signal of the scale of new physics.