Gaussian effective potential for the standard model SU(2)xU(1) electroweak theory

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dc.creatorSiringo, Fabio
dc.creatorMarotta, Luca
dc.date2008-03-20
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dc.descriptionThe Gaussian Effective Potential (GEP) is derived for the non-Abelian SU(2)xU(1) gauge theory of electroweak interactions. First the problem of gauge invariance is addressed in the Abelian U(1) theory, where an optimized GEP is shown to be gauge invariant. The method is then extended to the full non-Abelian gauge theory where, at variance with naive derivations, the GEP is proven to be a genuine variational tool in any gauge. The role of ghosts is discussed and the unitarity gauge is shown to be the only choice which allows calculability without insertion of further approximations. The GEP for the standard model is derived and its predictions are compared to the known phenomenology, thus showing that the GEP provides an alternative non-perturbative description of the known experimental data. By a consistent renormalization of masses the full non-Abelian calculation confirms the existence of a light Higgs boson in the non-perturbative strong coupling regime of the Higgs sector.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3043
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3043
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D78:016003,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.016003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/211143
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleGaussian effective potential for the standard model SU(2)xU(1) electroweak theory
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