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Minkowski space structure of the Higgs potential in 2HDM: II. Minima, symmetries, and topology

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We continue to explore the consequences of the recently discovered Minkowski space structure of the Higgs potential in the two-Higgs-doublet model. Here, we focus on the vacuum properties. The search for extrema of the Higgs potential is reformulated in terms of 3-quadrics in the 3+1-dimensional Minkowski space. We prove that 2HDM cannot have more than two local minima in the orbit space and that a twice-degenerate minimum can arise only via spontaneous violation of a discrete symmetry of the Higgs potential. Investigating topology of the 3-quadrics, we give concise criteria for existence of non-contractible paths in the Higgs orbit space. We also study explicit symmetries of the Higgs potential/lagrangian and their spontaneous violation from a wider perspective than usual.

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GOOFy fermions

hep-ph · 2026-04-08 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

New fermion transformations and all-order renormalization-invariant parameter regions are identified for two-Higgs-doublet models including scalar-fermion interactions.

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  • Renormalisation Group Invariants from Scaling and Non-overlapping Symmetries hep-th · 2026-05-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 27 · 2 links · internal anchor

    A spurion-field approach using scale-invariant directions and non-overlapping symmetries constructs all-loop RGIs for bilinear operators in multi-scalar potentials.

  • GOOFy fermions hep-ph · 2026-04-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 7

    New fermion transformations and all-order renormalization-invariant parameter regions are identified for two-Higgs-doublet models including scalar-fermion interactions.

  • Imaginary scaling invariance of the one-loop effective potential hep-ph · 2025-06-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 21 · internal anchor

    The r0 symmetry is preserved at one-loop in the r0-invariant two-Higgs Doublet Model if the UV cutoff squared transforms non-trivially under r0; the minimal model requires two real fields.