Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1999-04-06
Phys.Lett. B459 (1999) 213-223
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
14 pages LaTeX, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00618-8
If spacetime contains large compact extra dimensions, the fundamental mass scale of nature, $Lambda$, may be close to the weak scale, allowing gravitational physics to significantly modify electroweak symmetry breaking. Operators of the form $(1/Lambda^2) |phi^* D phi|^2$ and $(1/Lambda^2) phi^* W B phi$, where $W$ and $B$ are the SU(2) and U(1) field strengths and $phi$ is the Higgs field, remove the precision electroweak bound on the Higgs boson mass for values of $Lambda$ in a wide range: $4 TeV < Lambda < 11 TeV$. Within this framework, there is no preference between a light Higgs boson, a heavy Higgs boson, or a non-linearly realized SU(2)xU(1) symmetry beneath $Lambda$. If there is a Higgs doublet, then operators of the form $(1/Lambda^2) phi^* phi (G^2, F^2)$, where $G$ and $F$ are the QCD and electromagnetic field strengths, modify the production of the Higgs boson by gluon-gluon fusion, and the decay of the Higgs boson to 2 photons, respectively. At Run II of the Tevatron collider, a 2-photon signal for extra dimensions will be discovered if $Lambda$ is below 2.5 (1) TeV for a Higgs boson of mass 100 (300) GeV. Furthermore, such a signal would point to gravitational physics, rather than to new conventional gauge theories at $Lambda$. The discovery potential of the LHC depends sensitively on whether the gravitational amplitudes interfere constructively or destructively with the standard model amplitudes, and ranges from $Lambda$ = 3 - 10 (2 - 4) TeV for a light (heavy) Higgs boson.
Hall Lawrence
Kolda Christopher
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