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An oscillon in the SU(2) gauged Higgs model

E. Farhi, N. Graham, V. Khemani, R. Markov, and R. Rosales
Phys. Rev. D 72, 101701(R) – Published 18 November 2005

Abstract

We study classical dynamics in the spherical ansatz for the SU(2) gauge and Higgs fields of the electroweak standard model in the absence of fermions and the photon. With the Higgs boson mass equal to twice the gauge boson mass, we numerically demonstrate the existence of oscillons, extremely long-lived localized configurations that undergo regular oscillations in time. We have only seen oscillons in this reduced theory when the masses are in a two-to-one ratio. If a similar phenomenon were to persist in the full theory, it would suggest a preferred value for the Higgs mass.

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  • Received 17 June 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.72.101701

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

E. Farhi*

  • Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

N. Graham

  • Department of Physics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, USA

V. Khemani

  • Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA

R. Markov§

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

R. Rosales

  • Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

  • *Electronic address: farhi@mit.edu
  • Electronic address: ngraham@middlebury.edu
  • Electronic address: khemani@phys.uconn.edu
  • §Electronic address: ruza@mit.edu
  • Electronic address: rrr@math.mit.edu

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Vol. 72, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2005

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