Nonrelativistic short-distance completions of a naturally light Higgs
Nonrelativistic scalar field theories can exhibit a natural cascading hierarchy of scales, protected by a hierarchy of polynomial shift symmetries. Using a simple model, we argue that a high-energy cross-over to such nonrelativistic behavior naturally leads to light scalars, and thus represents a useful ingredient for technically natural resolutions of scalar mass hierarchies, perhaps even the Higgs mass hierarchy puzzle.
Authors
- Christopher J. Mogni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2944-7223)
- Petr Hořava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-4763)
- Kevin T. Grosvenor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8383-1998)
- Ziqi Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9434-5397)
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Letters B
- Published
- 2025-06-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139665
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation