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The fate of the Higgs vacuum

Burda, P.; Gregory, R.; Moss, I.

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P. Burda

R. Gregory

I. Moss



Abstract

We have recently suggested that tiny black holes can act as nucleation seeds for the decay of the metastable Higgs vacuum. Previous results applied only to the nucleation of thin-wall bubbles, and covered a very small region of parameter space. This paper considers bubbles of arbitrary profile and reaches the same conclusion: black holes seed rapid vacuum decay. Seeded and unseeded nucleation rates are compared, and the gravitational back reaction of the bubbles is taken into account. The evolution of the bubble interior is described for the unseeded nucleation. Results are presented for the renormalisation group improved Standard Model Higgs potential, and a simple effective model representing new physics.

Citation

Burda, P., Gregory, R., & Moss, I. (2016). The fate of the Higgs vacuum. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(6), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282016%29025

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 17, 2016
Online Publication Date Jun 6, 2016
Publication Date Jun 6, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 20, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2016
Issue 6
Article Number 25
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282016%29025

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